tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818207105387837658.post2810637799114491981..comments2024-03-16T00:19:27.699-07:00Comments on pre-Gébelin Tarot History: Michael Dummett and Tarot IconographyMichael J. Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18140523448996508475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818207105387837658.post-14849006443449732612012-03-16T10:48:27.965-07:002012-03-16T10:48:27.965-07:00Offhand remarks, re the anonymous comments:
1. It...Offhand remarks, re the anonymous comments:<br /><br />1. It is not a matter of "feeling" but fact. Your view that The Game of Tarot was not reprinted because of its flaws is factually absurd. The idea that it was so deeply flawed as to be dismissed and yet simultaneously so influential as to distort all subsequent study is self-contradictory. (It's unwise to put such conflicting Michael J. Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140523448996508475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818207105387837658.post-17567203378322525362012-03-16T04:47:05.661-07:002012-03-16T04:47:05.661-07:00I appreciate your feeling, but one of the reasons ...I appreciate your feeling, but one of the reasons the volume was not kept continually in print is that it has certain serious flaws, and it is to be regretted that so much of the historical writing on this subject has been artificially moulded to accord with Dummett's opinions.<br /><br />There is more than sufficient evidence to contradict most of the theses he espoused with such Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818207105387837658.post-10697542986339524052012-01-05T14:22:52.952-08:002012-01-05T14:22:52.952-08:00Excellent post, as always. Definitely food for tho...Excellent post, as always. Definitely food for thought and further study. Well done!Know Your Tarothttp://www.knowyourtarot.com/noreply@blogger.com