Re. Warped and Distilled? (fwd)

[David Casseres]

Derek Barker sez

[Don Corathers]
>> Then there's John Barth's take on this question--in Letters, I think,
>but all that post-Sotweed Barth runs together for me--that history is the
>consequence of each generation's rejection of its parents' values.
>
>No need to get lit-critty on us...Aristotle makes
>the same argument, probably a lot better than Barth,
>and certainly a hell of a lot earlier.  So come on,
>give credit where it's due -- it's all about political
>theory.  Check out the final chapter of Euben's
>"Tragedy of Political Theory," which puts Lot 49
>squarely in the Greek traditions of tragedy and
>political theory.

I bet it's in Ecclesiastes somewhere...
Cheers,
David