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Everything I Needed to Know About Western Culture…
I could have learned by reading Francois Rabelais: or more precisely, simply by reading the Glossary of names, places, events and concepts compiled by the translator of his complete works, Donald Frame. The way that Rabelais wove current and historical … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Francois Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, influences, inspiration, novelists
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Rabelais
I would un-Crowley Rabelais to taste, unplagiarized the simple, yet sarcastic truths that Aleister disguised: that man, if left the sole device of acting with free will would, after some adjustment, neither harm, debase or kill but would instead seek … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleister Crowley, Francois Rabelais, knowledge, misinterpretation, plagiarism, wit
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