Re: Re: Re: Influence and its causes - an overdue aside.

2000-11-14 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
AIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:30 PM Subject: [PEN-L:4437] Re: Re: Influence and its causes - an overdue aside. >At 14:40 13/11/00 -0800, Michael Perelman wrote: >>Chris, I already told Louis offlist to tone down the humor and he >>agreed. Your >>point abo

Re: Re: Influence and its causes - an overdue aside.

2000-11-14 Thread Chris Burford
At 14:40 13/11/00 -0800, Michael Perelman wrote: >Chris, I already told Louis offlist to tone down the humor and he >agreed. Your >point about the role of the monasteries is appropriate. Louis Mumford >made the >same argument. However, in your posts do not directly challenge Louis or >anybod

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Influence and its causes - an overdue aside.

2000-11-13 Thread Chris Burford
At 10:28 13/11/00 -0500, Louis Proyect wrote: >Chris Buford: > >That could be commented on as to whether it is sufficient or insufficient. > >Did Hill give Ireland no more attention than the fact that clover seed > >became available in London in 1950 and is valuable for using waste-land? >I belie

Re: Re: Re: Re: Influence and its causes - an overdue aside.

2000-11-13 Thread Louis Proyect
Chris Buford: >That could be commented on as to whether it is sufficient or insufficient. >Did Hill give Ireland no more attention than the fact that clover seed >became available in London in 1950 and is valuable for using waste-land? I believe that clover seed was invented in the 12th centur

Re: Re: Re: Influence and its causes - an overdue aside.

2000-11-12 Thread Chris Burford
At 20:30 12/11/00 -0500, Proyect wrote: >Chris Burford: > > I do not see that one would expect him to put the thesis and be able to > >martial the facts that Proyect and Philip Ferguson expect. > >But clearly it is not the case that the argument I was postulating was not >opposed to the thesis th

Re: Re: Influence and its causes - an overdue aside.

2000-11-12 Thread Louis Proyect
Chris Burford: > I do not see that one would expect him to put the thesis and be able to >martial the facts that Proyect and Philip Ferguson expect. But clearly it is not the case that the argument I was postulating was not opposed to the thesis that despite the existence of fen-clearing in the