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...Hello, and welcome to the first section of Literature and Arts D-16: 'The Image of Heraclitus in Democratic America and Nazi Germany, a Story of Journey and Quest.' As you hopefully all know by now, I will be your TF for this course...
...need to stick with government-issued numbers. Government money will still exist, but so will dozens of other currencies, each tailored to a specific need and endlessly convertible and exchangeable. The best money, in short, will be the smartest money. Says Howard Greenspan, president of Toronto-based Heraclitus Corp., a management consulting firm: "In the electronic city, the final step in the evolution of money is being taken. Money is being demonetized. Money is being eliminated...
...only a memory on the retina and has no necessary connection to the image on the screen right now, so a politician's moral position five minutes ago, or five years ago, does not have to conform to his opinion now. History as recorded by television is like Heraclitus' river: You cannot step in the same stream twice. And the wonderful secret is, you don't have...
...into their roles like glossy-magazine archetypes in a masque. He's a self-contained realist, she a self-doubting romantic. He won't talk and she won't stop. Their ups and downs are delicately choreographed by a well-read Puck who's not afraid of quoting Thales, Heraclitus, Hegel, Marx and five others in a single paragraph...
Offutt blends wit, compassion and insight to make this memoir a much more palatable brew than the crude Kentucky Straight. At its heart, The Same River Twice is touchingly human. Offutt's honest, self- effacing style seduces the reader with its openness. Twenty-five centuries ago, Heraclitus asserted that you cannot step into the same river twice. Offutt, too immerses himself in the old conundrum of change and decay. His story springs from time-honored tradition and flows it course with a river's enchanting elegance...