tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post7917655272148705519..comments2024-03-28T22:17:48.180+00:00Comments on Conservative Tendency: Lost worldMark Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-87952154181709655632011-02-27T03:29:14.620+00:002011-02-27T03:29:14.620+00:00You're right, Yun Yi. Real individualism seems...You're right, Yun Yi. Real individualism seems to be disappearing.Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-51463102755346402082011-02-27T00:34:07.667+00:002011-02-27T00:34:07.667+00:00I think your spiritual home (early to middle of 20...I think your spiritual home (early to middle of 20th) might be the last bright shinning period of individualism, at least if we refer only these a few centuries. <br />I too, long for that lost world. This is a time for "experts", not for independent thinkers.Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-24190709109255691612011-02-25T04:27:26.638+00:002011-02-25T04:27:26.638+00:00I'm glad your experience with I.A. Richards (r...I'm glad your experience with I.A. Richards (respect for the life of the mind, etc.) supports my image of that time. And I strongly agree with what you say about movies embodying the aspirations etc. of the time. What will future generations see in the movies of today?Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-29769346066912705862011-02-25T03:48:12.149+00:002011-02-25T03:48:12.149+00:00One virtue of Herodotus was that he applied the ru...One virtue of Herodotus was that he applied the rule of three generations. He interviewed people whose grandfathers had fought the Persians. So, he talked to people who talked to people who had been eye witnesses to the events he chronicled.<br /><br />I myself know people who knew people of genius from the time you mentioned. I.A. Richards, the English literary critic, was one. My father was a protege of Richards, whom I met when I was a boy. In fact, we climbed Mt. Rainier together (in Washington state). Of course, I did not understand Richards' work, then (and perhaps not even now). But the respect for education, for the life of the mind, was palpable among such people.<br /><br />I've often thought movies offer valuable evidence of the values of a time. Not that they provide accurate portrayals of how people acted and thought--though they do more of that than they get credit for--but because they preserve at least the aspirations and fantasies of a time. And some of those were beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com