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Time Magazine: Man of the Millennium

Llew lg at ndirect.co.uk
Wed Sep 23 19:24:34 EST 1998


>I would tend to vote for Lao-Tze, but he wasn't in this millenium...
I take it you have read him in the original. My experience is that
he translates particularly badly into English. My chief impression
of the chap is that he is a cool dude. His philosophy is about
being a cool dude. As for the content of what he is saying, that
pales into insignificance against the sheer pithness of quotes
from him. By far the most mellifluous writer. Just compare him
to Confucious (Analects). Either way though, I don't think I
would suggest him as the man of the (B.C.) millenium. You need
more than style.
L






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