@CoreyRobin @yeselson It occurs to me that I only know Plato's Republic through Bloom's translation. Maybe that's not a good thing.
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@CoreyRobin@HeerJeet Very hard to judge if you don't know primary language, no? I always feel like I'm dealing w/car mechanic--who knows?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@CoreyRobin@yeselson@HeerJeet Yep. Harvey Mansfield has quite the bracing, weird translation of Democracy in America.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@robmickey@yeselson@HeerJeet Arthur Goldhammer, who is *the* translator's translator, ripped that one to shreds.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@CoreyRobin@robmickey@yeselson Art is great. Do you remember where his review of Mansfield appeared?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@robmickey@yeselson Here's a version of it but not the one I read. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~agoldham/articles/Mansfield.htm …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@CoreyRobin@robmickey@yeselson It was a few years after Bloom's death and Mansfield said he thought about Bloom every day.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin@yeselson Did the Strauss crowd talk publicly about Bloom’s having HIV?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@robmickey @CoreyRobin @yeselson It was a layered thing: some knew and hinted, some didn't. Kind of like esoteric reading, actually.
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