Posted by muffled on November 2, 2005, at 18:21:09
In reply to Re: Yo,Dr.Bob.Sup/your home page link eh?, posted by alexandra_k on November 2, 2005, at 18:03:04
> I might be wrong but I think...
> He just liked the quote so was providing a link to where the original quote appeared in context:
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But that quote is from an author that if I get what he says, is VERY hurtful to me and proly others. Everybody says good and bad stuff. But this guys stuff seems SO nasty.> Isn't that something to aspire to?
> And isn't it just a little bit true in the sense that we are still here?The old 'grain of truth' thing
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> Nietzche said 'truth is a whore' at one point... He could be fairly sexist. But then... The bible can be seen as fairly sexist too. And yeah, he was fairly hostile to christianity. But then Jesus was fairly hostile to Judaism and so it goes on...
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> William Blake was a poet who wrote about 'the marriage of heaven and hell' and various other things that could have him interpreted as being a handmaiden for satan at times... I think one needs to appreciate something of the context...
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> I don't know very much about him...
> I don't study that style of philosophy.
> More poetry than philosophy.
> More self-expression than making claims that are supposed to be objectively / intersubjectively assessed for truth.
> More self expression than furthering knowledge...
> Or something.
> I dunno.
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> But he is an interesting figure.
> He deteriorated rather in his later years and ended up killing himself.
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> Lest we forget...
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Yeah Alex. Love ya! And he ended up killing himself. Proly an embittered old man.
So much for improvement. I guess we can feel better about ourselves in that we don't judge cruelly. I was hoping you would post and maybe have some clarity. Its crazy stuff to try and read. So there's hope for us. We not cruel.
I still wonder that Dr.Bob would quote a nasty person, who offed hisself, on a mental health type webplace?
Does he even know?
Thanks Alex. Hope you are doing ok.
Muffled
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