"On arriving at the end of one of Menand's pieces, you commonly think: how ably done. You are less excited than you were before" (Bromwich).
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Sometimes. But applied as a general principle, it means: Nothing is worth fighting for. That's kind of the message of The Metaphysical Club.
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Fair point.
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we've all been a bit less excited about Freud since at least 1962, right?
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But Frederick Crews should be less excited about debunking him.
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