tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317078132745855118.post3807634709877549124..comments2023-11-14T02:11:29.660-08:00Comments on A comfortable place: This week in the humanities - short oneRob Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10172127627370862611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317078132745855118.post-36045656668975182572007-11-30T15:38:00.000-08:002007-11-30T15:38:00.000-08:00Arnold - he was the "sweetness & light" bloke, was...Arnold - he was the "sweetness & light" bloke, wasn't he?bluefluffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12102277194196043816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317078132745855118.post-47300983210819776892007-11-26T15:15:00.000-08:002007-11-26T15:15:00.000-08:00I guess that all I've actually read of either Arno...I guess that all I've actually read of either Arnold or Leavis (apart from some of the former's poetry) is the preface to "Culture and Anarchy," and that was a long time ago. <BR/><BR/>Early on he says this:<BR/>"The whole scope of the essay is to recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties; culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220923037965605832noreply@blogger.com