tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post8543694793147730878..comments2024-03-17T22:38:03.242+01:00Comments on zmkc: Nobody's Perfectzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-64299762780099275782013-12-22T16:47:54.088+01:002013-12-22T16:47:54.088+01:00Yes -- Eagleton, indeed! Merry Christmas and a hap...Yes -- Eagleton, indeed! Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours too, Zoe. Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-54070249724619866592013-12-22T06:57:55.889+01:002013-12-22T06:57:55.889+01:00I'm not sure Eagleton is actually lapsed but, ...I'm not sure Eagleton is actually lapsed but, leaving that aside, a) maybe Kenny was busy? b) a change is as good as a holiday? c) Eagleton did a good job, I thought, and elucidated some of Aquinas's thinking for me; my only other encounter with Aquinas was via Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which didn't really do as good a job in that regard.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-36199940434404303612013-12-21T15:06:09.472+01:002013-12-21T15:06:09.472+01:00It seems odd that they should gave given Eagleton ...It seems odd that they should gave given Eagleton the book to review. If they wanted a lapsed Catholic, why not Anthony Kenny, who has spent his adult life teaching and writing philosophy? Is Kenny retired?Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-14298791523986706622013-12-20T21:55:17.178+01:002013-12-20T21:55:17.178+01:00i'm hoping you mean Terry Eagleton; if we'...i'm hoping you mean Terry Eagleton; if we've got to the stage where Piers Morgan is lecturing graduate students, our civilisation is doomed. While I've got you, I'd like to wish you and your family a very happy Christmas and new yearzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-19745518219944111742013-12-20T16:39:50.331+01:002013-12-20T16:39:50.331+01:00I got to meet him and see him speak when I was at ...I got to meet him and see him speak when I was at Rutgers -- he spoke to a room with about 20 graduate students in literature. Some left feeling quite enlightened; others headed straight for the bar. I think I did both. Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.com