Really impressed with H. G. Wells here; he manages to:
- imagine (correctly or incorrectly) a system of values/upbringing that might result in Finnegan's Wake being seen as good or worthwhile [not his words, but for example: valuing “artistic” / “creative expression” over pleasure or illumination for the reader],
- articulate his own values and why as a result he considers it not worth his time,
- yet remain humble [you may not think so but this is how it appears to me] that this is just his own point of view and for others with different values, this “extraordinary experiment” may be worthwhile after all — or not.
This ability to imagine another point of view, another system of preferences even, and come with a plausible explanation of it.
- imagine (correctly or incorrectly) a system of values/upbringing that might result in Finnegan's Wake being seen as good or worthwhile [not his words, but for example: valuing “artistic” / “creative expression” over pleasure or illumination for the reader],
- articulate his own values and why as a result he considers it not worth his time,
- yet remain humble [you may not think so but this is how it appears to me] that this is just his own point of view and for others with different values, this “extraordinary experiment” may be worthwhile after all — or not.
This ability to imagine another point of view, another system of preferences even, and come with a plausible explanation of it.