A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful | 
If you were to see someone reading this book on a bench or on the bus or on the beach or wherever, what impressions would that person make on you? Because this is my wheelhouse right here, and I've had people look at me when I've read Sartre, Hume, Singer, Chomsky, Locke, Wittgenstein, etc.--philosophy, classical, brain food. 🙈 #MrBookWantsToKnow
The_Literary_Jedi I would want to know your idea of modern Humanism, sublime, and beautiful and if that which is truly sublime will merely compel us to destruction or can also remake us into sublimity. 🤔 7y
ephemeralwaltz I would stare at them in deep admiration!😂😍 7y
Avanders I would think that person is a "real reader" ? 7y
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mrsmarch I wouldn't blink because I've read Pindar, Catullus, Virgil, and others of that ilk on busses and trains for years. 7y
MrBook @The_Literary_Jedi We...must talk. Spot of tea sometime? 😎👍🏻 7y
MrBook @ephemeralwaltz Yesss! 🙌🏻👍🏻 7y
MrBook @Avanders Soo, not a poser? 😂👏🏻 7y
MrBook @mrsmarch Reeaaally 😁..... We need to meet for a spot of tea too. 😎🙌🏻 7y
The_Literary_Jedi @MrBook ☕️ and philosophy sounds great 👍🏽 7y
quietlycuriouskate It would certainly get my attention. But then I'd watch to see if they were really reading it or if they kept looking round to see if they were being noticed *reading* such a thing. 😉 7y
Avanders lol exactly .. I would *assume* that he is someone who reads to learn, not just to impress ... 😁 lol @River_Voice - same sort of idea, but I would just not think that that is the book a non-reader would use to be noticed. Perhaps it depends on the environs... 7y
mrsmarch @MrBook Come to Boston! I'm a classical languages/art history double major so if we go to the museum you can witness the hilarity which is me, loose and free to pontificate with a fellow knowledgeable person, surrounded by great art! @Pinkmeghan can vouch for all the times we were lapped at exhibits by student tours and the time I nearly went rogue docent and tackled someone touching an Egyptian sarcophagus. (edited) 7y