Tuesday, August 12, 2014

A fan's notes …

… A Master Essayist Releases a New Collection | VQR Online. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

On the page, Epstein aspires to be one of the “laughing skeptics” and mostly succeeds. He is mistrustful of “large ideas, and especially idea systems,” but his touch is light, and he dishes out the bons mots without meanness or acerbity. One may not always agree with his judgments, but they are rendered with art and wit. 

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