tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post4876646762051902840..comments2023-04-10T04:17:16.433-04:00Comments on The Transcontinental: A Woolf in Sheep's ClothingAndrew W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00071098030747838202noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post-82837149982990670002007-07-26T11:32:00.001-04:002007-07-26T11:32:00.001-04:00HA! I personally hold Father Time himself responsi...HA! I personally hold Father Time himself responsible the decline of civilization.Andrew W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00071098030747838202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post-37249691919770955162007-07-26T11:32:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:32:00.000-04:00"It's not just conservatives who buy into this myt..."It's not just conservatives who buy into this myth - it has wide appeal across the political spectrum. But I believe the myth of the decline is essential to a particular strain of conservative thought"<BR/><BR/>My favourite is Richard "Ideas Have Consequences" Weaver, who blamed Western decline on the triumph of the nominalists in the 14th century--or again, Babbitt, who blames everything on Rousseau--or even Spengler, for whom everything just went downhill after Pythagoras.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38560481.post-16982594483617531342007-07-26T11:31:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:31:00.000-04:00I was also seduced by Dalrymple's romanticism for ...I was also seduced by Dalrymple's romanticism for the way things used to be. Funny he should mention Woolf. I read her biography "Flush" (of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's dog!) and it describes the slums of London quite vividly, including the bad behaviour of the people who lived there. Perhaps we should blame it on those uppity Brontës...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com