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Die Grundbefindlichkeit des Menschen ist die Angst

Reading away, thinking of no evil (well, almost) and then suddenly Heidegger pops up like a Jack-in-the-box; in the original German no less (translated in a footnote), but, unfortunately, with some typos.

Jul 20, 2020 06:02AM
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Matt
Matt is on page 353 of 736
Mit seinen Nachtmützen und Schlafrockfetzen
Stopft er die Lücken des Weltenbaus.

— Heine³²²

³²² “With his nightcaps and the tatters […] he patches up the gaps in the structure of the universe” — which he quoted in full to his wife, as well as alluded to in Chapter Six of The Interpretation of Dreams and in a letter to Jung dated February 25, 1908.³²³

³²³ Heine?³²⁴

³²⁴ Freud. — Ed.
Jul 25, 2020 09:31AM
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Jul 24, 2020 11:52PM
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Matt
Matt is on page 245 of 736
Taking these words from Johnny Truant as my status update, making them my own, adding another level of "meta"

Ever since leaving the labyrinth, having had to endure all those convolutions, those incomplete suggestions, the maddening departures and inconclusive nature of the whole fucking chapter, I've craved space, light and some kind of clarity. Any kind of clarity.

(and space is what I got in Ch.X)
Jul 24, 2020 06:49AM
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Matt
Matt is on page 126 of 736
Betting dollars to dumplings that no one in their right mind will read footnote #146 in its entirety, or #147 for that matter on the way back.

Still meandering around chapter IX. Will I ever find my way out of this maze? Not likely. In case you’ll read it yourself one day – Godspeed & good luck, you’ll need it. And if you discover a crumbled skeleton lying there around page 126 or so? That's probably me.
Jul 23, 2020 07:28AM
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Matt
Matt is on page 94 of 736
[Holloway] makes sure flashlights are all securely mounted on helmets and Hi 8s properly attached to chest harnesses. He personally checks, re-checks, packs, and re-packs all the tents, sleeping bags, thermal blankets, chemical heat packs, food, water, and First-Aid kits.

& lots of other stuff, too, in preparation for "Exploration/Operation #4" ... down the rabbit hole spiral staircase.
Jul 22, 2020 07:12AM
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Matt
Matt is on page 50 of 736
What a piss-poor job of making the formula on p.50
How it looks:


How it should look (took me a min on mathcha.io):


If you want to intimidate your readers you gotta do it right.

Who’s to blame, though?
… Editor at Pantheon Books
… Mark Z. Danielewski
… Johnny Truant’s Ed.
… Johnny Truant
… Zampanò
Jul 21, 2020 03:48AM
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