http://www.metafilter.com/35350/biographical-database-on-great-ideas/ Comments on MetaFilter post biographical database on great ideas Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:33:22 -0800 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:33:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/35350/biographical-database-on-great-ideas <a href="http://www.malaspina.com/">Malaspina Great Books.</a> A biographical database on culture, in categories. post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.35350 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:31:36 -0800 plexi books book database http://www.metafilter.com/35350/biographical-database-on-great-ideas#727602 Also an advertising tool. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.35350-727602 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:33:22 -0800 plexi http://www.metafilter.com/35350/biographical-database-on-great-ideas#727627 Also with weird periodization/categorization. Charles Darwin is "Romantic"? William Blake is "classical"--like Jane Austen? Erasmus Darwin is "baroque"? The logic is not immediately apparent. And the biographical source material seems a bit on the scattershot side. In theory, a good idea; in practice, not somewhere I'd send my students. (For literature, at least, the <a href="http://www.literarydictionary.com/">Literary Encyclopedia</a> is a far better resource.) comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.35350-727627 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:07:55 -0800 thomas j wise