Comments on: Aphorisms by Simon May http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-simon-may/ A blog by James Geary Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Chris Green http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-simon-may/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Chris Green Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:43:14 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=576#comment-835 It’s refreshing to see an academic come up with a book that can be flicked through and give a philosophical layman something to think about and appreciate. It’s refreshing to see an academic come up with a book that can be flicked through and give a philosophical layman something to think about and appreciate.

]]> By: Barry Buckton http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-simon-may/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Barry Buckton Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:35:46 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=576#comment-817 Knowing something too late is almost as interesting as not knowing it at all. Knowing something too late is almost as interesting as not knowing it at all.

]]> By: Drew Byrne http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-simon-may/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Drew Byrne Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:21:44 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=576#comment-722 I remember flicking through a few pages of an earlier edition of this book by Simon May on Amazon last year…and I thought then that this was a neat, upbeat sort of book with a few sensible things to say so I bought it on ebay, £2.99 + £1.50 p & p; but then I found it was a bit too upbeat and optimistic for me and my moods, so I decided to stick with the Oracle of Gracián, which I bought on ebay for £4.99 + £2.50 p & p, whose book, I found, suited my mood more, more or less down to a tee…but that’s just me, maybe. I remember flicking through a few pages of an earlier edition of this book by Simon May on Amazon last year…and I thought then that this was a neat, upbeat sort of book with a few sensible things to say so I bought it on ebay, £2.99 + £1.50 p & p; but then I found it was a bit too upbeat and optimistic for me and my moods, so I decided to stick with the Oracle of Gracián, which I bought on ebay for £4.99 + £2.50 p & p, whose book, I found, suited my mood more, more or less down to a tee…but that’s just me, maybe.

]]> By: Drew Byrne http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-simon-may/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Drew Byrne Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:58:03 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=576#comment-657 As a “semi-educated” ignoramus, I have always been rather suspicious of the well-crafted sentences of the “new wave” of philosophers...as it appears they may know way too much. As a “semi-educated” ignoramus, I have always been rather suspicious of the well-crafted sentences of the “new wave” of philosophers…as it appears they may know way too much.

]]> By: Candadai Tirumalai http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-simon-may/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Candadai Tirumalai Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:08 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=576#comment-648 "Go Baroque," is one's credo; another's, "Never go broke." “Go Baroque,” is one’s credo; another’s, “Never go broke.”

]]> By: marty rubin http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-by-simon-may/comment-page-1/#comment-643 marty rubin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:46:04 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=576#comment-643 Another person: a door you can't enter, even by knocking. One can survive one's worst nightmares, but only if they come true. Another person: a door you can’t enter, even by knocking.

One can survive one’s worst nightmares, but only if they come true.

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