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Humanistic Texts

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:51:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Much food for thought on site

Through these excerpts we have the pleasure of encountering active, probing minds. We can read of humanistic ideas as they break through into history for the first time. Often, even the oldest ideas remain fresh and new.

The excerpts aim to be of sufficient length to convey an author's way of thinking. To facilitate further exploration of any particular line of thought, references to more extensive texts are given. Extracts from individual authors can be accessed alphabetically from the list above. A listing of authors by date of birth can be reached by clicking on Timeline; this provides a list of the time periods covered, with brief biographies of the authors in each time period. An index and a search function can be reached by clicking on Search. For more information about this site, click on

Dedicated to the memory of Finuala Pay (1972-1995)

Difficult Words

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:31:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.tiscali.co.uk

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Difficult Words

Do you aim to become a member of the literati, or do you wish to be a savant? Do you want to avoid being verbigerative and be succinct instead?

Search the Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words' A-Z index of over 13,900 difficult words to increase your vocabulary or just find out what those words really mean!

The Peter Principle.

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:39:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And its so rampant.

Clip Source: www.envisionsoftware.com

Bureaucracy at Work

The Peter Principle concept was introduced by Canadian sociologist Dr. Laurence Johnston Peter in his humorous and witty book going by same name. In this book, he explains the dangers and maladies of the bureaucratic organization witnessed during his extensive research into business organization and its management.

The Peter Principle book has attained such renown that The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as "The theory that employees within an organization will advance to their highest level of competence and then be promoted to and remain at a level at which they are incompetent."

30 Days of Night - Vampires of the Arctic

Tue, 22 May 2007 23:34:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Renfield, where are you?

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

Steve Niles's and Ben Templesmith's comic series 30 Days of Night is scary as hell, and beautiful in a dark, grisly way. The plot is simple: vampires seize on the idea of raiding an Alaskan town during the long, 30-day night, destroying communications infrastructure to keep their game penned up and easy to hunt.

The premise is frightening

the artwork really seals the deal: Templesmith's smeary, bloody, indistinct illustration has the feel of Ralph Steadman's work for Hunter S Thompson's books, interpreted by way of an institutionalized paranoid's drawings from a bad therapy session.

The writing is tight and the ending is particularly satisfying -- a wonderful resolution that leaves you wanting more. I've just finished the first volume, and I'm looking forward to reading the other four. Link to Volume 1

Tags: vampires, arctic, fiction