Comments on: Young men in a hurry http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/15/young-men-in-a-hurry/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shalom Beck http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/15/young-men-in-a-hurry/comment-page-1/#comment-81659 Shalom Beck Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:41:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3557#comment-81659 Gave a copy of the Chicago reprint to a friend who became a department chairman. Now he is extremely secretive and likes to screw his colleagues for the hell of it. Gave a copy of the Chicago reprint to a friend who became a department chairman. Now he is extremely secretive and likes to screw his colleagues for the hell of it.

]]> By: Rasselas http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/15/young-men-in-a-hurry/comment-page-1/#comment-81423 Rasselas Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:24:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3557#comment-81423 I entered the Mythistoricus text for Perseus when I was an undergraduate. Glad it's being read by somebody. I entered the Mythistoricus text for Perseus when I was an undergraduate. Glad it’s being read by somebody.

]]> By: bostoniangirl http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/15/young-men-in-a-hurry/comment-page-1/#comment-81087 bostoniangirl Sat, 16 Jul 2005 02:48:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3557#comment-81087 I'm not an academic, but I couldn't help but identify with the description of the business manager. "He is one whose mind has not been warped and narrowed by merely intellectual interests, and who, at the same time, has not those odious pushing qualities which are unhappily required for making a figure in business anywhere else." It's hard to make that combination work. I’m not an academic, but I couldn’t help but identify with the description of the business manager. “He is one whose mind has not been warped and narrowed by merely intellectual interests, and who, at the same time, has not those odious pushing qualities which are unhappily required for making a figure in business anywhere else.”

It’s hard to make that combination work.

]]> By: jim http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/15/young-men-in-a-hurry/comment-page-1/#comment-81085 jim Sat, 16 Jul 2005 02:25:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3557#comment-81085 TM is a nice piece, but the OCR has done a job on the Greek quotations, which makes it kind of hard to read. TM is a nice piece, but the OCR has done a job on the Greek quotations, which makes it kind of hard to read.

]]> By: y81 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/15/young-men-in-a-hurry/comment-page-1/#comment-81076 y81 Sat, 16 Jul 2005 00:51:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3557#comment-81076 I confess that I did not pursue ancient history past the undergraduate stage--as opposed to Greek lyric poetry, now that is worth a man's life, though it isn't what I have done with mine--but Cornford was certainly well-respected as a historian in the 1980s. However, I'm not sure about his theories on the Pelopenessian War as such: Ste. Croix was more read among those who wanted a Marxist interpretation, I believe, and he stressed the role of the laborers who rowed the Athenian triremes, as I recall. I confess that I did not pursue ancient history past the undergraduate stage—as opposed to Greek lyric poetry, now that is worth a man’s life, though it isn’t what I have done with mine—but Cornford was certainly well-respected as a historian in the 1980s. However, I’m not sure about his theories on the Pelopenessian War as such: Ste. Croix was more read among those who wanted a Marxist interpretation, I believe, and he stressed the role of the laborers who rowed the Athenian triremes, as I recall.

]]> By: dunno http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/15/young-men-in-a-hurry/comment-page-1/#comment-81064 dunno Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:12:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3557#comment-81064 Mythistoricus was still viable enough when I was taking an udergrad seminar in international relations to function as the primary text for the behavior of the hoplite city-state (the course, if I remember, took a view of state behavior that was generally Marxist with a heavy flavoring of rational choice modelling, carving history into five or so eras) Mythistoricus was still viable enough when I was taking an udergrad seminar in international relations to function as the primary text for the behavior of the hoplite city-state (the course, if I remember, took a view of state behavior that was generally Marxist with a heavy flavoring of rational choice modelling, carving history into five or so eras)

]]> By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/15/young-men-in-a-hurry/comment-page-1/#comment-81063 John Quiggin Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:10:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3557#comment-81063 A great read! Thanks for the link A great read! Thanks for the link

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