Talk:Isaac Casaubon

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Mcswell in topic Another Question

Authenticity check: A search reveals that the phrase "regarded by many" appears in the text. Is the phrase a symptom of a dubious statement? Could a source be quoted instead? Perhaps the "many" could be identified? Might text be edited to more genuinely reflect specific facts?

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Is this figure the source for Umberto Eco's hero of Foucault's Pendulum? Does anyone know? Thanks! Mashford 03:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

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The article in Nature News (http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110617/full/474436a.html?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20110621) refers to Casaubon having disproved the supposed Egyptian origin of some text by finding a reference in the text to a Greek play in words. I would guess that this refers to his work towards the end of his life, but if this isn't a trivial point (I have no way of evaluating that), it would be nice to refer to it in this article. Mcswell (talk) 19:03, 25 June 2011 (UTC)Reply