10-28-2023, 12:28 AM
You know how people joke about Sherlock Holmes not being aware that the Earth revolves around the sun, or something like that? He says he doesn't bother learning things that are useless to his work, and so far that had never come up. Nowadays, if he ever had to connect that Elon Musk guy with some foul play, he might would need that information.
That thing I posted about Redskin Poets and Philosophy is how many people, including me, have used philosophy in this Century. Looking for ways to sharpen the mind and find useless concepts and ideals to use in war against the society who don't understand us.
That was how I was, but it was all rooted in the love-curse. My entire life was framed by being unable to be the guy who dates the popular girl.
Some people have other gripes.
That Outlaw Bible of American Poetry is full of Poems raging against Academic and Acclaimed Poets. The odd thing, or maybe not so odd, is that they don't seem to have ever written anything but that kind of thing, and if they have written something that's not about that, the only things that are any good are the ones that are raging against the restrictions of Polite Academe.
In the end, all of this is a Cry for Society.
When you forget society and simply live in poetry itself, the real stuff comes.
And it takes courage to be dismissive. While Diogenes, if he existed, obviously gave lots of thought to Plato's System, it would be just as well that he didn't bother.
And that's what I do, I no longer bother.
I like the Silence Video and I like Wallace Stevens. While there is obviously philosophy involved, getting beyond those concepts and games is more powerful. Wallace Stevens writes nonsense that is more life-affirming than anything this side of Emerson. I like Emerson and Blake.
Philosophy is a tool to sharpen the mind. The Concepts and Theories are simply there, I want to say as Strawmen, that might not be a correct word, but I think the point is somewhere in that. Just like how Morality Tales can be useful whether or not there's an actual escaped mental patient with a hook.
Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson Audio Book - YouTube
This voice fits this essay perfectly. Most other versions sound like college kids reading it and don't sound very convincing.
I post it here, for now, sometimes nice things get taken down, but this is still up, so if you like, enjoy it while you can.
That thing I posted about Redskin Poets and Philosophy is how many people, including me, have used philosophy in this Century. Looking for ways to sharpen the mind and find useless concepts and ideals to use in war against the society who don't understand us.
That was how I was, but it was all rooted in the love-curse. My entire life was framed by being unable to be the guy who dates the popular girl.
Some people have other gripes.
That Outlaw Bible of American Poetry is full of Poems raging against Academic and Acclaimed Poets. The odd thing, or maybe not so odd, is that they don't seem to have ever written anything but that kind of thing, and if they have written something that's not about that, the only things that are any good are the ones that are raging against the restrictions of Polite Academe.
In the end, all of this is a Cry for Society.
When you forget society and simply live in poetry itself, the real stuff comes.
And it takes courage to be dismissive. While Diogenes, if he existed, obviously gave lots of thought to Plato's System, it would be just as well that he didn't bother.
And that's what I do, I no longer bother.
I like the Silence Video and I like Wallace Stevens. While there is obviously philosophy involved, getting beyond those concepts and games is more powerful. Wallace Stevens writes nonsense that is more life-affirming than anything this side of Emerson. I like Emerson and Blake.
Philosophy is a tool to sharpen the mind. The Concepts and Theories are simply there, I want to say as Strawmen, that might not be a correct word, but I think the point is somewhere in that. Just like how Morality Tales can be useful whether or not there's an actual escaped mental patient with a hook.
Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson Audio Book - YouTube
This voice fits this essay perfectly. Most other versions sound like college kids reading it and don't sound very convincing.
I post it here, for now, sometimes nice things get taken down, but this is still up, so if you like, enjoy it while you can.