tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post5396644333139049763..comments2024-03-29T06:42:20.796-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: When Intellectuals Go to Warsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-19847904679693482312015-06-29T15:24:29.262-07:002015-06-29T15:24:29.262-07:00Alas, the Nazis failed to appreciate the Jewish Sc...Alas, the Nazis failed to appreciate the Jewish Schoenberg's celebration of Germany's early WW1 victories. In 1938 they labelled his music "degenerate." The man himself had fled to the barbarians in 1934, settling in that well-known capital of kitsch, Los Angeles. Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794521230958515051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-75721380858715132052015-06-29T15:00:01.652-07:002015-06-29T15:00:01.652-07:00What is Truth?
Schoenberg's letter shows that...What is Truth? <br />Schoenberg's letter shows that we can believe anything we want if we try hard enough. <br />I'm not anti-intellectual. Reason is still the most effective way of arriving at Truth. But we have to be brutally honest with ourselves about how much our thinking is influenced by what we want to believe. Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.com