tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224423727920393651.post1609953019258065973..comments2023-09-13T14:08:53.236+01:00Comments on antony billington’s blog: Douglas Wilson on Five Cities That Ruled the WorldAntonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03562805413837448049noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224423727920393651.post-61410242345947204342010-01-24T18:13:42.563+00:002010-01-24T18:13:42.563+00:00Thanks Dave. I think you’re right to be a bit surp...Thanks Dave. I think you’re right to be a bit surprised, as I don’t think Wilson is widely known in the UK.<br /><br />I too wondered about his choice; in fairness, he’s fairly self-conscious about the selective nature of his account, and is fully aware of the danger of reducing the legacy of one city down to one thing.<br /><br />Even so, when the book arrived at work I asked a few colleagues what they thought would count as ‘5 cities that ruled the world’; they got Wilson’s five quite fast, at least within the first ten mentioned, including others such as Paris, Shanghai, Babylon, and Nineveh. Of course, that they got them could still, as you point out, say much more about our own particular ‘place in life’.<br /><br />Thanks againAntonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562805413837448049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1224423727920393651.post-44699240022432243652010-01-23T20:23:47.081+00:002010-01-23T20:23:47.081+00:00I'm happy to have found your blog, Antony--loo...I'm happy to have found your blog, Antony--looks like a lot of good stuff to explore here.<br /><br />I'm always a bit surprised when I discover Brits reading people like Wilson.<br /><br />I haven't read the book but I do wonder if his choice of cities is a bit subjective. I think I could agree with the big three (Jerusalem, Athens and Rome) but even then I wonder if the influence is by and large on the west (his list does seem to betray a western bias).Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09405948927250596390noreply@blogger.com