I am reading an extended essay by Byung-chul Han entitled The crisis of narration. Han quotes often from Walter Benjamin. Here are a few lines from Han: Communicable experience based upon word of mouthis becoming increasingly rare.Nothing is passed down;nothing is narrated. Benjamin holds that the storyteller‘is a man who has counsel for his…
Saturday morning, a little time is left here at Starbucks. Less now, but enough. Drought assaulted shrubs in my yard need a drink. I feel the obligation. I’ll provide water until it rains tonight (or perhaps not). Weather reports are speculation even with the improved accuracy of late. That is all it is, which…
The Song of the Idiot By Ranier Maria Rilke They do not hinder me. They let me go.They say, nothing could happen even so. How good.Nothing can happen. Everything revolves engrossedalways around the Holy Ghost,around a certain ghost (you know)— how good.No, one should really not supposethat there is any danger in those.There’s of…
These are the concluding words, the wrap-up of Beyond Good and Evil. Nietzsche takes his measure of a comprehensive philosophy which he has offered, not unlike a master-work painting of detail and subtlety. The author declares what he has said/written is already showing decrepitude, the dissolution inevitable to everything that is time bound. I…
So this is where we are! Nothing to do, nothing but to recognize and embrace what is before us. What we had established, our words steadfast-in-print on paper, at one time attractive, compelling, emulated around the world… (I remember a story by a professor teaching a course in American business practices, recounting that we…
A friend read the ‘hidden god’ quotation of yesterday. He responded by text that he wanted to think more about the quotation. We plan to talk by phone this afternoon. Nietzsche reveals in subsequent lines that he is referring to Dionysus, the god of reverie, of wine, of inadvertent discovery. The thought of such…
Monday, the day after a 2nd attempt to assassinate the former president… The Secret Service detected someone with a weapon in proximity to where Trump was finishing up a round of golf at his club. The assailant was arrested a short while later. Trump, ever the bloviating self-promoter immediately tweeted to his sycophants that…
Would you say these are persuasive words, describing inner strength of self, the ability to see clearly what one lives for and if necessary, absolutely willing to die to defend? I would. I have been acquainted with many strong females, thus the interpolation suggests that women are able to show this manner of strength…
Perhaps any comment upon this passage would ruin it. I am relieved to read that a philosopher is a mere human. Not everyone is captivated by how extraordinary are “ordinary” experiences, ie. seeing, hearing, hoping and dreaming. When you stop reflect do further, secondary storms blow up? Surely Nietzsche is being autobiographical here. Still,…
Homo Sapiens, the mammal that psychologically clothes itself with team colors, like every other fan at a soccer game. A coordinated style, moral attire that palate of team colors is instantly recognized by everyone in the room. What I mean – approved comportment, a manner of getting things done, of movement, of being, is…
