tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246444662492868163.post380874109992416921..comments2023-07-05T10:01:57.835-05:00Comments on Ciceronianus; causidicus: A Kind of Gluttonyciceronianushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10134836668562326081noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246444662492868163.post-22247455550271051842011-07-28T15:58:33.272-05:002011-07-28T15:58:33.272-05:00That's an interesting and disturbing considera...That's an interesting and disturbing consideration. But were Americans peculiarly inclined to such things at that time more so than, say, the British (I assume those authors were familiar with attitudes in France)? Was this a function of the relative "freedom" which may have been lacking at that time elsewhere?ciceronianushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134836668562326081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246444662492868163.post-27526304281114686352011-07-26T08:40:42.902-05:002011-07-26T08:40:42.902-05:00I recently read Frederick Brown's translation ...I recently read Frederick Brown's translation of 'Letters from America' wherein Tocqueville and his companion Beaumont express their astonishment at the excessive consumption of food and the open praise of self-interest as conspicuous traits of American society in 1831. Can we criticize such things 180 years later without admitting the fundamental nature of America?Mike Hnoreply@blogger.com