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October 15, 2006

I'm jammed between Heidegger who was a boozy beggar, Nietzsche (there's nothing he couldn't teach ya about the raisin' of the wrist) and Benjamin whose name doesn't rhyme with any thing doing with drinking alcohol and therefore wasn't included in the Monty Python song. Hmmm. Maybe "Walter Benjamin would get suicidal with only a bottle of gin".

I'm pondering whether I should dip into the thick prose of "Time and Being" or just cut and dress old Martin Heidegger up.
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(from the man who fell asleep)

Posted by claudia

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Care to coment? (hehe) "The natural inclination of women to a quiet, uniform and peaceful existence, that is to say, to a slave-morality, operates adversely to the heroic impulse of the masculine free spirit. Without being aware of it, women act like a person who would remove stones from the path of a mineralogist, lest his feet should come in contact with them - forgetting entirely that he is faring forth for the very purpose of coming in contact with them.... The wives of men with lofty aspirations cannot resign themselves to seeing their husbands suffering, impoverished and slighted, even though it is apparent that this suffering proves, not only that its victim has chosen his attitude aright, but also that his aims - some day, at least - will be realized. Women always intrigue in secret against the higher souls of their husbands. They seek to cheat the future for the sake of a painless and agreeable present” Nietzsche “(…) higher souls of their husbands(…)”...at least he states women have souls, hein?… :) Would have loved to see Nietzsche’s writings on the XXI century. Sometimes he looks like he came from the samurai era. Wonder what he would have to say about Angela Merkel.

Posted by André at October 17, 2006 02:04 PM

Don't you think Heidegger is a little short?

Posted by Maquiavel at October 17, 2006 02:32 PM

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