02-04-2015, 11:18 PM
"showing them quite early their fault of their own hubris" No you use hubris more or less correctly, however you seemed to have overstepped your sentence. Should read:
"showing them quite early the fault of their own hubris"
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"I mean, what else could it be but respect? "
Could have been a reaction to the preachy condescending attitude that was inherit in the writing...maybe?
I am not condemning you, but neither am I condoning this type of writing. You are certainly not unique in writing this. I wrote reams of my own puffed-up pontificating, as I was minoring in philosophy (actually I ended up with enough hours to major in it, but who in their right mind would want a degree in Philosophy?). This philosophy stuff was all new to me, but after a slight taste I began having grandiose thoughts and became convinced of my own genius to the point I felt obliged to inform the world of the error of its ways. Unfortunately, it took more than a little "brutal honesty" to convince me of the error of my ways.
"brutal honesty you use to question each pillar within my work"
Ha! Hardly. I could have critiqued your work line by line, but as this was in "Novice" I felt there was no cause to pull the kid gloves off, plus I'm lazy and just didn't see the need to do so.
BTW Just so the other mods do not accuse me of corrupting the ute, the correct response to a critique you disagree with is Thanks you "Thank you"or some such reply. However, I am perfectly fine if you want to counter punch with me as I love me some good verbal sparring; besides I would expect no less.
Dale
"showing them quite early the fault of their own hubris"
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"I mean, what else could it be but respect? "
Could have been a reaction to the preachy condescending attitude that was inherit in the writing...maybe?
I am not condemning you, but neither am I condoning this type of writing. You are certainly not unique in writing this. I wrote reams of my own puffed-up pontificating, as I was minoring in philosophy (actually I ended up with enough hours to major in it, but who in their right mind would want a degree in Philosophy?). This philosophy stuff was all new to me, but after a slight taste I began having grandiose thoughts and became convinced of my own genius to the point I felt obliged to inform the world of the error of its ways. Unfortunately, it took more than a little "brutal honesty" to convince me of the error of my ways.
"brutal honesty you use to question each pillar within my work"
Ha! Hardly. I could have critiqued your work line by line, but as this was in "Novice" I felt there was no cause to pull the kid gloves off, plus I'm lazy and just didn't see the need to do so.
BTW Just so the other mods do not accuse me of corrupting the ute, the correct response to a critique you disagree with is Thanks you "Thank you"or some such reply. However, I am perfectly fine if you want to counter punch with me as I love me some good verbal sparring; besides I would expect no less.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.