tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post7378969034996891455..comments2023-08-27T12:35:12.308+02:00Comments on sanscrite cogitare, sanscrite loqui: Banal back-covers on books about South Asiaelisa freschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-63082797546960501942012-10-02T08:46:10.335+02:002012-10-02T08:46:10.335+02:00The sentence is actually found in the foreword, bu...The sentence is actually found in the foreword, but there it strikes one less, because the context makes it more specific and because there is something else being said. On the back-cover, it sounds like the slogans Aleix mentioned, i.e., a way to have everyone like it.elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-91392814040266450872012-10-02T06:31:58.359+02:002012-10-02T06:31:58.359+02:00I think a computer probably wrote it when no one w...I think a computer probably wrote it when no one was looking.<br /><br />अAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-15063588194430366372012-10-01T16:06:52.419+02:002012-10-01T16:06:52.419+02:00…which by the way leads me back to the importance ...…which by the way leads me back to the importance of philosophy in several fields (including the book industry;-))elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-17022791285744661682012-10-01T16:06:06.413+02:002012-10-01T16:06:06.413+02:00yes, but at the same time it pushes away less supe...yes, but at the same time it pushes away less superficial people…and although this may lead to a political success, I wonder how many superficial people read scholarly works on South Asia.elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-83772113707749605812012-10-01T15:17:03.719+02:002012-10-01T15:17:03.719+02:00Good point! It reminds me of the same emptiness of...Good point! It reminds me of the same emptiness of meaning used in political campaigns: "stand for change" "yes, we can" etc. or, in my country "we want freedom for Catalonia". (What does it mean?) It is supposedly appealing precisely because it can be interpreted as one wishes.Ruy D'Aleixohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067887151075786024noreply@blogger.com