06/22/2005

Good Little Read

Hee hee. Tonight I read a little book, essay really, that I picked up for a friend. It is titled "On Bullshit" by Harry G. Frankfurt, professor of philosophy Emeritus at Princeton. Absolutely hilarious, in an intellectual sort of way. By the end of the book, you can't help but think, "Was this whole book just bullshit"? In the book, Professor Frankfurt tries to distinguish bullshit from lying. My favorite qoutation:
"...a person who undertakes to bullshit his way through has much more freedom. His focus is panoramic rather than particular."
Check it out. I thought it was pretty darn funny, and that's no bullshit.

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