tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post4103966743729956391..comments2024-03-29T07:45:59.142+07:00Comments on Fanda Classiclit: Literary Movement Reading Challenge 2015: March Enlightenment Check-In Fanda Classiclithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-4176035230412865852015-03-19T17:14:44.520+07:002015-03-19T17:14:44.520+07:00Hi Fanda,
I finished Diderot's "Jacques ...Hi Fanda,<br /><br />I finished Diderot's "Jacques the Fatalist", "Gulliver's Travels", and I'm reading now "Robinson Crusoe", and I intend, if possible, to read "The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia" by Samuel Johnson. I also wish to read Rousseau's "Confessions" and Diderot's "Rameau's Nephew" and "D'Alembert's Dream", but I'll need time (I have them on the shelf for years). I read Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther", "Elective Affinities", and "Faust 1".. Great works indeed.Maan Kawashttps://twitter.com/MaanK2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-61378367687477597392015-03-18T16:35:54.350+07:002015-03-18T16:35:54.350+07:00Wow...you've been working very hard! I've ...Wow...you've been working very hard! I've only finished Goethe, and is halfway through Gulliver's Travels.Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-62922577441931326002015-03-17T19:33:08.432+07:002015-03-17T19:33:08.432+07:00I've been reading Diderot - Rameau's Nephe...I've been reading Diderot - Rameau's Nephew and D'Alembert's Dream, and I'm just about to finish Voltaire's Letters on England. It's been a tough month, but I've learned a lot :)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-44149286688769713852015-03-17T02:43:55.080+07:002015-03-17T02:43:55.080+07:00I'm not sure what you mean by A and B text! :)...I'm not sure what you mean by A and B text! :) Do you mean the different versions he wrote over the years? I read Part One, which he started young and re-wrote some times; I believe my copy is the last version. Then as an elderly man he wrote Part Two, which I don't have, though I could probably get it from the library easily enough. Perhaps I will.<br /><br />Here is my post on the Locke essay I read last year: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-second-treatise-on-government.htmlJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-55879840177448605702015-03-16T11:37:07.380+07:002015-03-16T11:37:07.380+07:00Hmm... I have been thinking of reading Rousseau to...Hmm... I have been thinking of reading Rousseau too. Maybe I'd put him next on my philosophy reading list. Thanks for the recommendation.Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-40516802123908546012015-03-16T11:35:08.415+07:002015-03-16T11:35:08.415+07:00By part one I assume you read A-text? I think you ...By part one I assume you read A-text? I think you should read the B-text as well if you have time; it's more interesting than A-text.<br /><br />What do you think about Locke?Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-7797607337103386982015-03-16T11:31:58.422+07:002015-03-16T11:31:58.422+07:00I hope you'll love Werther, although I think i...I hope you'll love Werther, although I think it's a bit Romantic.Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-85911442036066344422015-03-16T11:24:21.155+07:002015-03-16T11:24:21.155+07:00I am reading Rousseau's Confessions now, and i...I am reading Rousseau's Confessions now, and it is lengthy. He was charming as a young man trying to find his way in the world; but now he is an adult of 30+ years, and some of his personal decisions are starting to spoil my opinion of him. Nonetheless, his writing style is extremely pleasant and enjoyable. Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-65078729286849050582015-03-16T09:35:51.189+07:002015-03-16T09:35:51.189+07:00I just finished Goethe's Faust (part I only) a...I just finished Goethe's Faust (part I only) and am thinking I'll read Pope's Essay on Man as well.<br /><br />I've read some Locke, but not any of those other big names you list. :)Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-55905108342841806872015-03-16T08:10:34.366+07:002015-03-16T08:10:34.366+07:00I've been reading a lot of poetry from this pe...I've been reading a lot of poetry from this period but will be reading The Sorrows of Young Werther as well! Your high praise for it has gotten me hyped.Jason Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334917645691982404noreply@blogger.com