Friday, May 30, 2014

A thought for today …

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
— Alexander Pope, who died on this date in 1744

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  2. I don't know how much they talked about theories in Pope's circles, but I'm pretty sure they didn't see many price tags. Did this come with a source?

    And now I think of it, wasn't his "Essay on Man" chock full of Bolingbroke's theories?

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  3. It is indeed misattributed to Pope. It is by Marcel Proust.

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