Jaroslav Hašek. I just learned of Waterfield's very colourful life from his obituary.There is another Robin Waterfield (see wikipedia), classicist and author of Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths.
Here appear occasional jottings of my random musings. Profound or jejune, they reveal the contours of my mental universe, with world history, intellectual history, civilizations, philosophy, religion, society, knowledge, and books as some major themes. Since May 2011, this blog has been exclusively focused on Singapore. All my other reflections are now posted in "Notes from Noosphere" (see link under "Miscellany" on the right margin).
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Robin Waterfield's of Oxford
I first visited Robin Waterfield's secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Park End Street, Oxford (opened in 1976) on January 14, 1980, when I bought The Tourist Guide by Jaroslav Hašek. I just learned of Waterfield's very colourful life from his obituary.
There is another Robin Waterfield (see wikipedia), classicist and author of Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths.
Jaroslav Hašek. I just learned of Waterfield's very colourful life from his obituary.There is another Robin Waterfield (see wikipedia), classicist and author of Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths.
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