Of course I only know your side of that story...
but if you are to be believed, she must have been a very wise and perceptive woman. Ahead of her time in many ways.
In 1950, the present lay ahead. Most people saw personal jetpacks, vacations on the moon, and lunch in pill form. A few saw a titanic battle between civilization and nihilistic horror. In other words, a continuation of history as it had always been.
Poor Francis Fukuyama. He really got carried away with himself.
I'm gonna pick up That Hideous Strength again. I think it might be worth finishing. Right after I finish this book on the Scottish enlightenment. So much better than the French version.
No, I'm not giving the Bhagavad Gita another shot anytime soon. Too many of the people who take one seriously are themselves utterly silly. And - more to the point - too few of them are otherwise. Makes one wonder.
