[ModLib] Re: Reading the ML

[Murry/Carolyn Spector]

I have also been attempting to read thru the ML by number. As the saying 
goes, You don't need to finish the task; it's enough just to keep at 
it.  Some of these books are very difficult to find, even with a local 
library search.  Somewhere along the line, I decided that I did not have 
to read the ML translation if it was a poor one. It was enough to just 
read the book.  I must admit it did seem like forever to plow my way 
thru Thus Spake Zarathustra, and I often thought, Why am I doing this?  
A question still without an answer.

Murry Spector




Toby G Levy wrote:
> John Wolansky asked:
>
>   
>> Could you please share your secret as to how you got through Thus 
>>     
> Spake
>   
>> Zarathustra?  I took three swings and struck out.
>>     
>
> As with all the Nietzche, I did what I did with the Iliad: I read a few
> pages, then began to just read just the first sentence of each paragraph
> and would up just reading the the first paragraph of each chapter, or
> "Book."  As I leaf through the intervening pages, if something catches my
> eye I stop and read that as well.
>
> I mean, I HAVE read other better translations of The Iliad. It's not like
> I was missing anything. With the Nietzche, I felt like  I was better off
> NOT reading it too closely!
>
> Mike Mayer asked:
>
>   
>> Is that the Leaf/Lang/Myers translation that newer editions used? 
>>     
>
> Yes that's the one. The Odyssey is translated by Lang and Butcher.
>
> Toby
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