[lbo-talk] Gadamer, Truth and Method

[Chuck Grimes]

``...what did Strauss eat, and how did he eat it? Perhaps that will
shed more light on his "Let no good deed go un-shit-upon"
attitude. Probably reductionistic of me to say that... but I'm working
on being less a philosopher and more of an historiographer. Have you
read the recent biography of Spinoza?..'' Ken

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He was Orthodox, but atheist. Did Bac-O-Bits on his salad send him
into paroxysms of rage and tirades on purity?

I would love to find all the usual diagnostic indicators:
pyshco-sexual dysfunctional masculinity with anal-fixtation undertones
and a vegetarian diet. Liked German Shepards and Doberman
Pinschers. Had photo collection of Wandervogel boys in Lederhosen...

But alas, Leo was not as cinemagraphic as Bertolucci's Conformist.

Scenes I would like to see: Feyerabend and Strauss discussing the
relativity of values and the problems of empiricism...

No, I haven't read the recent biography of Spinoza---in fact haven't
read any bio of S. If it covers his correspondence with Huygens and
Leibniz and it sounds like the biographer understood enough physics,
math, and philosphy to fill in the blanks then I would be very much be
interested. But, even so, send the citation anyway.

Chuck Grimes