“…Exploring the different configurations of these networks in England, France and Germany, he shows how their patterns gave rise to distinctive forms of modernity in each country and shaped the rhythm and nature of change across spheres as diverse as politics, money and finance, gender relations, morality, and literary, artistic and musical life"…”

“…Todos ellos ilustran su pensamiento artístico, literario y musical, y el ejercicio de la crítica como tarea subjetiva y vehemente, destinada a proponer perspectivas fundadas y singulares. …”

“…Philodemus led the reaction against this invasion of Hellenistic literary criticism by musical theory, arguing that form and content are interrelated, and that substantive content, not pretty sound, is what makes poetry worthwhile. …”