tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post279789671710734184..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Genius or error?Larry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-85711160378481172322007-02-16T10:37:00.000-07:002007-02-16T10:37:00.000-07:00I'll have to add the book to my Amazon queue.The p...I'll have to add the book to my Amazon queue.<BR/><BR/>The problem is perhaps not just Sullivan's eloquence, but also Harris's tin ear and somewhat... ah... <I>confused</I> philosophy, mentioned in the same breath as Dawkins and Dennett by virtue only of the miniscule pool of atheist writers. In my darkest moods, I suspect Harris might be to atheism what <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Colmes" REL="nofollow">Alan Colmes</A> is to liberalism.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-23126293518914137252007-02-16T10:25:00.000-07:002007-02-16T10:25:00.000-07:00R. Scott Bakker at Vanderbilt is pretty eloquent. ...R. Scott Bakker at Vanderbilt is pretty eloquent. His fantasy series, "The Prince of Nothing," was written to finance his Ph.D. in philosophy, and is chock full of interesting thoughts on tradition vs. progress, theism/faith vs. atheism, etc. <BR/><BR/>I have my moments, but my thinking tends to be haphazard and slipshod. Part of what makes Sullivan so eloquent is that he has nearly two millenniums' worth of neo-Platonism to crib from. <BR/><BR/>I think that the key lies in encouraging the very human traits of empathy and projection. I need to ponder it a bit further.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com