Regress... To quote the immortal words of Don Henley in The Heart of the Matter, "the more I know, the less I understand. All the things I thought I'd figured out, I have to learn again..." As I said, I knew everything (and then some) when I was 18. As I age, I realise that a lot of "what I know" may be open to interpretation... That was what I was trying to express in my limited role in our "truth" thread. (Not interested in starting that again :-) In most instances, I tended to understand if not always agree with your position).

This is just an observation, but a lot of people seem to mellow with age and accept that there is a limit to what they can learn and or know. It is critical (and according to many studies - healthy) to keep trying to learn as much as you can. But there are only so many hours in a day, so many days in a year and so many years in a lifetime. I caught some of Shakespeare when I was in high school, but now a lot more makes sense to me as I have gained life experience (fancy smancy term for "becoming an old fart").

I'm glad you clarified your position in the last post - and I have to agree, Nietzche was a nutter. In the regard to critiquing any author/poet/etc., everyone is most definately entitled to an opinion. My fear is when people automatically dismiss a novel or song or whatever simply because the artist was nuts - without even giving it a glance. (Definately not the case for you.)

I got nothing constructive to add to this thread at this point...