tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post932588069107020794..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Hashing things out …Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-70706297933597132652012-11-05T19:36:21.415-05:002012-11-05T19:36:21.415-05:00I sit here thinking how satisfying it would be to ...I sit here thinking how satisfying it would be to write a Microsoft Word virus that would cause a file to delete itself upon encountering the string "meta" in any but narrowly limited contexts. "Metaphysics", ok; "metamorphosis", ok; "meta" as adjective or adverb, the file vanishes; "meta-nonfiction", Word uninstalls itself.<br /><br />Truly Aristotle's early editors did the world a disservice, when they bundled those eight books in after the Physics, and named then according to their position.<br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com