Re: The Voices of the Gods

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Michael S. Morris wrote:

> Sure. It's one of that class of books that I've read,
> burned passionately in favour of for a month or two,
> and then sobered up. The character of these
> books is that they advance a single startling thesis that
> tries to explain a whole lot of everything. Other examples
> for me have been Erich von Daniken's _Chariots of the
> Gods_ and Jared Diamond's _Guns, Germs, and Steel_.
>
> The problems with each of these books become apparent
> when one starts being skeptical. It took me about
> two months to get over Jaynes. I do not now believe he reads
> Homer even remotely correctly.

I thought it was the bicameronian mind, and another example of how the
Scots orginiated everything. I think the only book that affected me like
that was _Human, All too Human_, if one will allow that we're too human is
a startly thesis. And of course no amount of skepticism can dislodge that
one.

D. Latane