[MD] Latest Phaedrus?

[Ian Glendinning]

Wonderful Marsha,

I just re-read my own piece on How to Gut a Book.
A reminder on how to handle the reading bug / drug and stay sane and healthy.

Ian

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:39 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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> And as I was opening your second reference, I was printing
> "How to Gut a Book."  Here is my weakness, my illness:  reading.
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> On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote:
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>> Marsha said
>> So much to read, too little time.
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>> How many times have I said that over the years?
>> http://www.psybertron.org/?p=1360
>> http://www.psybertron.org/?p=1372
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>> Every read leads to another I find. The Taleb book is / was on my list
>> somewhere. I was on a reading frenzy in Jan and Feb, but I've taken a
>> breather recently. Recommendations are good for prioritizing any list.
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>> As the psychiatrist said to Pirsig, "just write something"
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>> Ian
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>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:57 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>> Steven and Mark,
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>>> I thought it might be the book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, but I wasn't
>>> sure.  I've been on a reading frenzy for the last few weeks.  Presently
>>> one of the books I'm reading is 'On Method Acting' by Edward Dwight
>>> Easty.  It's sooo interesting.  Here is the last paragraph to the chapter
>>> named 'On the Art of Acting.'
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>>>   " in the chapters that follow, a more than cursory analysis of the
>>> components that comprise the Method will be explained.  This will
>>> be done largely by the use of analogies.  It is hoped, too, that the
>>> components of the Method will reveal to the reader why the Method
>>> is not just a theory, but a practicable art.  Art is best created withouth
>>> theory."
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>>> So many interesting books, so little time.
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>>> On Mar 15, 2011, at 8:06 PM, 118 wrote:
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>>>> Hi Steven,
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>>>> If you are referring to the book about the importance of the
>>>> improbable, yes, I have read it.  Good book.  I am not sure if it has
>>>> anything to do with Phaedrus, but it does have some good philosophy in
>>>> it.  Please explain.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
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>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Steven Peterson
>>>> <peterson.steve at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Anyone read Black Swan?
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