Thorninesses

David […] even in the moment of welcomings saw his difficulties take on added thorninesses.

I am tired of the Guernicas and the Minotaurs, the Ronaultesque misereres, the Sutherlandesque thorninesses and the Baconian nastinesses.

If we are aiming at a less indulgent reconstruction of Kant's philosophy, it does not help to smooth away the thorninesses