Archival adventures

A couple of bloggers have been digging into their archives and returning with some rich reflections. George Hunka at Superfluities Redux reposts a fascinating essay which considers Schopenhauer in history, with a little tour around Hegel, Marx and Freud as seen through the lenses of Shakespeare, Goethe, Brecht and Beckett. Had I but world enough and time, I'd probably trace a similar line from