12. The notable thing about Milton's God is not just argument but the tone: a deliberately insolent, school boy naughty nose-tweaking.
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23. The other great thing about Empson is that he had the most tremendous neck-beard in human history: https://twitter.com/LitGenius/status/531489896377384960 …
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24. In sum: people should read William Empson. He's a good egg, an often profound critic who is also very funny.
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@HeerJeet I think the fact that he felt like rationalism was intellectually embattled (at least in lit crit) is part of it. Dawkins et al… -
@HeerJeet …can afford to be so condescending in part because they have so much more institutional legitimacy than their opponents.
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@HeerJeet I think the New Atheists would respond with "The Courtier's Reply" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtier%27s_Reply …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Connections w Enlightenment tradn of serious ethical evaluation of conventional Xian beliefs, making explicit what Xians assumeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet FWIW, Structures of Complex Words distinguishes WE from NAs, because he doesn't pretend the complexity cld be swept away w argmentThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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