Comments on: Tuesday Elephant Blogging http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:51:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: josh http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-2131 josh Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:43:38 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-2131 Sorry, Chris -- I hate to be responsible for anyone's trip to the New Bod... Sorry, Chris — I hate to be responsible for anyone’s trip to the New Bod…

]]> By: Chris Brooke http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-2011 Chris Brooke Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:32:47 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-2011 I'll look out for that, Josh. Thanks for the link. It does mean, I think, that I'll need to make a journey into the heart of darkness that is the New Bodleian, though, so I'm not sure I can reasonably be held responsible for my actions. I’ll look out for that, Josh. Thanks for the link. It does mean, I think, that I’ll need to make a journey into the heart of darkness that is the New Bodleian, though, so I’m not sure I can reasonably be held responsible for my actions.

]]> By: josh http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1993 josh Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:17:22 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1993 In light of your new-found pachydermic interest, Chris, you might want to check out the following, by Aaron Garrett (whom I've recently gotten to know, and seems to be generally good value): “In Defense of Elephants: Priestley on Reid,” The Journal of Scottish Philosophy, 2 (2) 2004, 137–153. In light of your new-found pachydermic interest, Chris, you might want to check out the following, by Aaron Garrett (whom I’ve recently gotten to know, and seems to be generally good value):
“In Defense of Elephants: Priestley on Reid,” The Journal of Scottish Philosophy, 2 (2) 2004, 137–153.

]]> By: Nick Brooke http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1529 Nick Brooke Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:03:57 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1529 "No one would have believed in the first years of the twenty-first century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences comparable to man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their dominion over the continent. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the pachydermae as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of their genius for architecture and mechanicks as impossible or improbable..." The Elephants have been watching you for years, Chris. http://virtualstoa.net/2004/04/17/108221304535514974/ “No one would have believed in the first years of the twenty-first century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences comparable to man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their dominion over the continent. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the pachydermae as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of their genius for architecture and mechanicks as impossible or improbable…”

The Elephants have been watching you for years, Chris.

http://virtualstoa.net/2004/04/17/108221304535514974/

]]> By: Michael http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1520 Michael Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:06:51 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1520 Depends which continent, I suppose - but I can certainly think of <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/buy/republican+elephant/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_8519874/opt_/fpt_/c_360/" rel="nofollow">one</a>... Depends which continent, I suppose - but I can certainly think of one…

]]> By: Tim Waters http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1495 Tim Waters Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:20:38 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1495 Have elephants ever shown much interest in the Dominion of the Continent? Have elephants ever shown much interest in the Dominion of the Continent?

]]> By: donpaskini http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1465 donpaskini Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:26:13 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/31/tuesday-elephant-blogging/#comment-1465 Can I request that 'Tuesday Elephant Blogging' becomes a regular feature? It might help with avoid D of C disputes at a later date. Can I request that ‘Tuesday Elephant Blogging’ becomes a regular feature? It might help with avoid D of C disputes at a later date.

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