Comments on: Beautiful Sentences, Conscientiousness and Good Fortune http://nigelbeale.com/2009/07/16/4029/ Musings on the Book, Literature, Poetry, Literary Criticism, Collecting, Media, Life and the Arts, and Audio Interviews from The Biblio File radio program pertaining to same by a writer, broadcaster, bibliophile. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:34:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nina Vida http://nigelbeale.com/2009/07/16/4029/comment-page-1/#comment-55538 Nina Vida Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:46:17 +0000 http://nigelbeale.com/2009/07/4029/#comment-55538 Ross McKie, I loved your "says." Ineffably. Ross McKie,
I loved your “says.” Ineffably.

]]> By: Ross McKie http://nigelbeale.com/2009/07/16/4029/comment-page-1/#comment-55321 Ross McKie Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:07:55 +0000 http://nigelbeale.com/2009/07/4029/#comment-55321 An ineffable way to express the way the beautiful sentence expresses the ineffable...? Its etymology is interesting in this context, as the word-- inevitably(?)-- points toward the very value of words, aligns a trajectory to Logos. (And this is not a theology! Maybe Frygian but not necessarily a theology.) http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=ineffable&searchmode=none An ineffable way to express the way the beautiful sentence expresses the ineffable…? Its etymology is interesting in this context, as the word– inevitably(?)– points toward the very value of words, aligns a trajectory to Logos. (And this is not a theology! Maybe Frygian but not necessarily a theology.)

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]]> By: Nina Vida http://nigelbeale.com/2009/07/16/4029/comment-page-1/#comment-55272 Nina Vida Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:40:00 +0000 http://nigelbeale.com/2009/07/4029/#comment-55272 I would call a sentence beautiful if it expresses the ineffable. And in my opinion, there should be a sense that the writer is modest in his genius. Preening not allowed. I would call a sentence beautiful if it expresses the ineffable. And in my opinion, there should be a sense that the writer is modest in his genius. Preening not allowed.

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