[lbo-talk] in which I'm accused of repressing the reptilian brain

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Fri May 16 17:47:41 PDT 2008


On Friday 16 May 2008 17:59:53 Robert Wrubel wrote:


> In the 17th century you see the beginnings of that distinction. Bacon
> talks about it, as does Sidney in the Defense of Poesy.

I'd be interested to see chapter and verse on this. I like Sidney a lot, and loathe Bacon, but I've read more than I like of the latter, and everything there is of the former, and I don't remember either of them ever sounding like CP Snow.

Could be wrong, of course -- it's been a while.



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