Paragraphs
Merleau-Ponty’s original paragraphing structure is awful. Sometimes paragraphs will go on for pages and pages, even switching within a paragraph from a view that he disagrees with to a view that he advocates. This makes it very difficult for the reader to follow the argument. I would like to put paragraphs into the translation to make it easier to read. What do people think - is this acceptable? It might be more acceptable if there was an easy way to tell which are the paragraphs I’ve put in and which are in the original. Is there a non-klugy way to do this?
Comments
Definitely acceptable. Kemp Smith did this with Kant. And I don’t think there’s any point indicating the difference between his breaks and yours.
Posted by: Taylor Carman | February 1, 2006 6:55 PM
Ah, great news! I didn’t know there was such a formidable precedent…
Posted by: Sean Kelly | February 1, 2006 8:56 PM