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Aristotle asserts that 'man is by nature a political animal' Anyone have any knowledge of exactly what Aristotle means, ive been reading up on this nad have discovered some commentators referring to...
(This is a rerun of a question I asked a while back in the main category. Didn't get any replies there - could it be that the real buffs dwell in subcategories only? Sorry to be such a pain in the...
Does anyone know in which era Sue Townsend's book, 'Queen Camilla' is supposed to be set? Char'les and Camilla are married, which means that it should be set at about the same time as it was written,...
I'm looking for the title & author of a novel published in 1907. The novel is described as a story of decline and domination, and it was the second novel by the author. Does this ring any bells? Thank...
1. Who, according to parish records, was "slaine by Ffrancis Ffreezer? 2. Who said that she always gave money to charity for each fan letter she did not reply to?
In the book 'The Blood Doctor' by Barbara Vine the narrator describes Hope as 'that ugly woman in the painting who sits on top of the world with a towel round her head'. Which painting does this refer...
Ive recently been reading Leviathan by Hobbes and on defining both the State and Laws of nature i have hit a stump. I quite understand what Hobbes means by the State of Nature, but im not entirely...
1. What's the meaning of the appelative Mas'r Davy in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens? (Ex.: chapter 46) How could Mas'r be described in a few words? Is it a mix of condescendence and lack of...
I've heard a few people saying the english language is constantly shrinking?? Can anyone point me in the right direction to finding more info. I'd like to see a list of words which no longer appear in...
In Alan Clark's Diaries, he writes, "I am curious, yellow" without hinting at the film of that name. The full quote, from Friday, 17 March 1989, reads: "Arrived here [Mamounia Hotel. Marrakesh] 'for a...