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Can see the end of Knausgård’s collected works now, unfortunately …

Which one of you recommended traditionalism / perennial philosophy relatively recently and I fought you over it? Pls get in touch

This might be the greatest book ever. Random excerpt: A field of anuses, just like a pack of wolves. Does not the child, on the periphery, hold onto the wolves by his anus? The jaw descends to the anus. Hold onto those wolves by your jaw and your anus. The jaw is not a wolf jaw, it’s not that simple; jaw and wolf form a multiplicity that is transformed into eye and wolf, anus and wolf, as a function of distance…

I will read everything this man has ever written. Jung and a few others deserve it; Kant, Plato, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche. Jung is very demanding and it presupposes a certain level of maturity. I had a few years break for my own transformations - now finally back at it.

"In the background of this story is a simple molecule, one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen, arranged in space in a tetrahedron. There is something appealing in its purity, its elegance of understatement. When it mates with oxygen it burns cleanly, with a bright blue flame, and then vanishes, leaving only water and carbon dioxide, the stuff of soda water..."

Yea, this is gonna be a banger. What a start!

The history of modernity is the history of hydrocarbons, let’s not forget. An epic tale!

The history of modernity is the history of hydrocarbons, let’s not forget. An epic tale!

Hype, Eleusinian mysteries!

Slowly coming to terms with the fact that the highest ROI in wisdom with regards to reading is to spend 95-98% of your time reading the greats and the classics. Contemprary fluff greatly marketed and oh so tempting though.