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Game of tragic vs comic.

Where it’s mentioned that life is comic, I view it as a tragedy.

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This books speaks of being ‘no longer human’ whereas it’s been difficult to discern at point was he ever human in his diary of a lifetime.

What’s being human?

His life was an abysmal tragedy. Does that make him less human?

What’s this obsession with the weather?

Ch.1

Beauty is terror.

Romans vs Greeks ideologies in the desire of order (flawless ruthlessness of the romans with the chaos of order in greek).

“The topic of the first-class centers on the loss of self. Julian explains how people strive to repress their primitive selves but that this is a mistake; the more the primitive urges are repressed, the stronger they will become.”

Mental discomfort