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‘We shall come to see Rilke as the St. Francis of the Will to Power.‘
— May 31, 2021 10:19PM
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'Experience is to the empiricist what the sand is to the ostrich's head...Uncertainty alone is ineluctably real.'
— Jun 29, 2021 10:24AM
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Nicht Gott, nur alles leugn' ich, was ihn leugnet, Und wenn er will, ist alles wunderbar.
The satirist Karl Kraus brought to life a world whose every breath was a denial of God's designs, and was the chaos that decided that His will should not be done.
— Jun 29, 2021 10:05AM
The satirist Karl Kraus brought to life a world whose every breath was a denial of God's designs, and was the chaos that decided that His will should not be done.
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On Karl Kraus:
'His work is untranslatable....
This rare fusion of spontaneity and subtlety, of ethical integrity and intellectual complexity, he [Karl Kraus] shares...with Kierkegaard and, in modern German literature, only with Franz Kafka.'
I love Karl Kraus.
— Jun 28, 2021 12:30PM
'His work is untranslatable....
This rare fusion of spontaneity and subtlety, of ethical integrity and intellectual complexity, he [Karl Kraus] shares...with Kierkegaard and, in modern German literature, only with Franz Kafka.'
I love Karl Kraus.
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On Karl Kraus:
'His work is untranslatable....
This rare fusion of spontaneity and subtlety, of ethical integrity and intellectual complexity, he [Karl Kraus] shares...with Kierkegaard and, in modern German literature, only with Franz Kafka.'
— Jun 28, 2021 12:29PM
'His work is untranslatable....
This rare fusion of spontaneity and subtlety, of ethical integrity and intellectual complexity, he [Karl Kraus] shares...with Kierkegaard and, in modern German literature, only with Franz Kafka.'
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'Oswald Spengler believed that he had found the new centre of gravity for history...
The problem was present right at the beginning of modern historical thought. Vico knew it, and, of course, Herder...For the purely empiricist concept of history is hopelessly spoilt as soon as the question of meaning or pattern is raised.'
— Jun 15, 2021 09:57PM
The problem was present right at the beginning of modern historical thought. Vico knew it, and, of course, Herder...For the purely empiricist concept of history is hopelessly spoilt as soon as the question of meaning or pattern is raised.'
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‘Heidegger...is said to have remarked that his philosophy is merely the unfolding in thought of what Rilke has expressed poetically...’
— Jun 06, 2021 01:11PM
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‘It [writing poetry] is the difficulty of translating spiritual convictions into living convictions.’
— Jun 05, 2021 11:27AM
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‘...the denial of pain means the denial of existence. Existence is pain, and joy lies not in non-existence, as Schopenhauer would have it, but in its tragic transfiguration.’
— Jun 01, 2021 11:50PM
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“That something like Spinoza’s amor dei could be experienced again!” This is a note which Nietzsche, during his most radical Anti-Christ period, made about Goethe.’
— May 25, 2021 11:48PM
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Heller had an fun way with words.
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ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) In Lockdown wrote: "Heller had an fun way with words."Yes, he does. I'm really enjoying the whole book but this section on comparing/contrasting Nietzsche and Rilke is particularly interesting.
Weird to think Lou-Andreas Salomé was loved by both.
Barnaby wrote: "Weird to think Lou-Andreas Salomé was loved by both."I don't think that weird, they were both brillant (as was she apparently) but tortured souls. And she seemed to like spreading her love around...besides Nietzsche and Rilke, there was also Paul Rees, Freud and she was in a celibate marriage (for 40 years!). I think Rilke was the only one (of this group) that got to know her carnally ;)
Im looking forward to reading the Binion biography of her.
I picked up a German biography of her several years ago, and was surprised to find out that it was translated from English! I hate when that happens - it's gotten me a couple of times. I also have a copy of her book Lebensrückblick and have skimmed it a couple of times, though my impression is that for such an interesting person, it's surprisingly dull. I would be fascinated to know what about her captivated so many men of genius.
Barnaby wrote: "I picked up a German biography of her several years ago, and was surprised to find out that it was translated from English! I hate when that happens - it's gotten me a couple of times. I also have ..."Besides being brilliant she was also a very strong minded woman, maybe that was what drew them to her.
But, alas, who can explain the mysteries of love...? :)
At least in Nietzsche's case, it certainly seemed to be a factor: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
Barnaby wrote: "At least in Nietzsche's case, it certainly seemed to be a factor: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi......"
Lol! Exactement!😂