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When Dutch was a little college freshman he happened upon a Dictionary of Theories. He had previously only read the word kind, and this one opened up a whole new obsession.
It was followed quickly by The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought, which he claimed he read "cover to cover." I believe him.
When Dutch was a little college freshman he happened upon a Dictionary of Theories. He had previously only read the word kind, and this one opened up a whole new obsession.
It was followed quickly by The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought, which he claimed he read "cover to cover." I believe him.
Interview with the Dutch
327: Why do you like dictionaries so much?
D: Because I can get what I want to find concisely and quickly, without having to wade through a huge tome. The more you have on one entry, the more you can compare them. That is why you have to have at least two.
327: What is your favorite dictionary?
D: (from the other room) I am looking... hm...that is hard... there are different levels. The most useful one is the Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion, because they don't just give you one definition. Some of them have ten and they are all short. The Dictionary of Continental Philosophy is the funnest-- it is newer. Augustine Through the Ages is my all time favorite for obvious reasons. I learned to utilize dictionaries when I was real young, as a coping mechanism.
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On Friday, we brought home our first futon mattress. We had gotten a futon frame from Deep Storage a couple weeks ago, and our poor guests had been sitting on piles of pillows and blankets on the slats that we could never quite cover up. We never hung out in the living room, because there was no place to sit. And suddenly, hey presto, we had a cozy reading corner, where literally, hundreds of dictionaries were now within reach. So now, when the house gets very still, I know I can find the D nested in the futon, with a pile of dictionaries.