tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123093390358759040.post9203807800420207629..comments2023-09-05T06:15:00.146-07:00Comments on Logios Dolios Eriounios: 5 Thoughts On A ThursdayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123093390358759040.post-3342961683670552212010-02-04T16:46:20.982-08:002010-02-04T16:46:20.982-08:00Both of the cats were my housemate's, Tun and ...Both of the cats were my housemate's, Tun and Virgil.<br /><br />Funny anecdote about Goethe: When he was asked to write a preface for the second edition of the wildly successful "Werther," he felt compelled to include a "product warning" because so many young German noblemen kept emulating Werther and offing themselves.<br /><br />Along with "Catcher In The Rye," I think that "Werther" is one of those books that you have to read as a young, upper-middle class white male, and then come back to it five, ten, twenty, thirty years later and laugh at yourself.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657315112810231103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123093390358759040.post-76657391990794953822010-01-29T10:00:25.744-08:002010-01-29T10:00:25.744-08:00you read Goethe at 15??? My god! I can't rea...you read Goethe at 15??? My god! I can't read that even at my age!!<br /><br />I assume the other cat was your housemate's...r wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129138283209635143noreply@blogger.com