and then again - am I really cut out for this...

While the appeal of literary language is undiminished, my continued struggle with academic writing at some points makes me wonder.... points like encountering sentences like: "There is no real alternative between Spinoza and Hegel" - and my trouble does not root in disagreeing or agreeing with the statement but with my lack of knowledge to do either or even form a third opinion beyond the grammatical of whether one could really talk of an 'alternative between' ... would alternative not per se imply the notion of 'beyond' .... (so yes, at least Luita's class on writing shows impact)