Agnosticism

Some say that we have no idea whether God exists or not. Otherssay that there are lots of things that are beyond human comprehension. Thomas Henry Huxley thought up a word for this: agnosticism.

One thing that is surely beyond anyone’s kenis the mind of a writer. I would say that not even the most self-aware writer is fully cognisant of the nuances of meaning of his own words. It, therefore, amuses me to see learned critiques of books and poems written dozens, if not hundreds of years ago, wh...