Dec 20, 2009 00:18
I think a good litmus test for whether you've done enough research in a particular area occurs when you pick up a new book on the subject and don't learn many things you don't already know. I've about reached that point with Alexander the Great, at least involving his early life and his death and the general plotting of his campaigns, though I couldn't lay out the battle plan and troop movements for famous battles or read the source material in the original Greek or Latin. Even though Alexander rarely appears in Aristotle Vampire, reading about him is a good framework for understanding Macedonian politics and occasionally, Aristotle as a person. Aristotle as a philosopher, now that's a different story.
Update on my website: My refund demand must have gotten me somewhere, because my website is back up except for the all-important forums, which are at least displaying a different error page now. Yay!
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