Thought 624: Tempting Fruit

Tempting Fruit or how

we have happily eaten

from the Tree of Knowledge

for the sake of hedonistic

and materialist fulfilment.

Thought 623: Two Ideas

 

(1)

The desire

for power is

often rooted

in impotence

and weakness:

me.

(2)

The desire

for one-size

fit all is rooted

in truth understood

as universal validity.

Thought 622: The Godlike Quality of Camera and Screen

The artificial eye of the camera

that is then projected onto a 

screen is godlike in its

omniscience.

Thought 621: The Most Powerful Words

I would prefer not to.

Thought 620: Heidegger's Silence

Heidegger's silence

about the the Final 

Solution Holocaust

was a loud statement

that something

essential had

to be kept

quiet: the

unspeakableness

of hell.

Thought 619: The Batty-Man

Batman is batty

—mad and

possibly

homosexual.

Thought 618: Talking to Oneself

'Talking to oneself is the first sign of madness,' says the herd.

'Talking to oneself is the first sign you have depth,' says I. 

Thought 617: Nietzsche's Fiery Zarathustra and Tolkien's Hobbling Hobbits

Nietzsche's Zarathustra and Tolkien's Hobbits

offer a nice contrast in archetypes.

For as the Persian thinker states:

'I walk among this people and keep my eyes open:

they have become smaller and are becoming smaller still:—

but this comes from their doctrine of happiness and virtue.

For they are modest in virtue too—because they want

contentment. But with contentment only a modest

virtue is compatible. To be sure, even they learn 
in their own way how to stride and stride forward: 
I call it their hobbling. They thereby become 
an obstacle for anyone in a hurry.'

—Thus Spoke Zarathustra

On the Virtue That 
Makes Smaller, 
§.2

Art 46: Manly P. Hall

Thought 616: Words and Peoples

Words divide and bring together.

A people is a group of human

beings who trust each other

because of common cause

in their will to exert.

Thought 615: Anti-Zionists Ought Blame Antisemites

Antisemitism fuels Zionism,

the self-assertion of the

scapegoat/salvaged people.

Thought 614: Remnants of the American Dream in The Disaster Artist

The nobody Tommy

became the somebody 

Johnny.

Piano 85: Muse—Resistance

ScruffyOwlet · 85: Muse—Resistance

Thought 613: Market Victory

It would seem that, by and large,

the market is today's victor.

Things, even fine things,

need buyers.

Should you wish to set up shop,

like I have, outside the marketplace,

be sure to have a private 

or public income. 

Addendum: Zarathustra's Prologue

For all his reservations about

the marketplace, Zarathustra's

most powerful speech is 

his opening one addressed

to those assembled 

in the market.

Piano 84: Bach—Prelude 6 in D minor, BWV 851

ScruffyOwlet · 84: Bach—Prelude 6 in D minor, BWV 851

Art 45: Martin Heidegger

French 7: L'élevage des élèves

L'élève : l'enfant qui est (bien ou mal) élevé 

par l'élevage tant familial, 

environnemental-social, 

qu'écolier.   

French 6: Se livrer — Être délivré

Se livrer en tant qu'individu — par exemple sur les réseaux sociaux ou aux médias tant de masse que (dits) alternatifs — signifie à la fois se donner dans la forme d'une livraison personnelle et, en quelque sorte, s'emprisonner, si on considère le sens et le fait d'être dé-livré, c'est à dire libéré de la pression des autres permettant à nouveau d'être maître de soi-même et de sa destinée.

Ainsi, pour me prendre en exemple, le fait que je me livre spirituellement sur ce blog me rend à la merci du jugement, favorable ou défavorable, de tout internaute et co-habitant planétaire, bien que je suis en réalité fort bien protégé, d'abord, par l'anonymat de l'internet en tant que vaste banque de données numériques où pratiquement tout se perd, ensuite, par le fait que la lecture philosophique n'est pas une (pré)occupation de masse et, finalement, par le fait que j'ai désactivé la possibilité du commentaire par souci de minimiser la tendance à l'hostilité verbale envers laquelle est proie toute pensée ou action autonome et ce, sans doute, depuis le commencement.

En anglais, livraison, dans le sens où par exemple un paquet est livré, se dit delivery et la délivrance, comme celui que Nietzsche préconisait dans son Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra au sujet du « ressentiment contre le temps et son « il était » », se dit, de façon analogue, deliverance.  

La distinction riche-en-pensée entre se livrer et être dé-livré, entre la livraison et la délivrance, est pour moi un joli détail de la langue française, d'autant plus qu'elle peut être liée au livre, l'objet dans lequel l'un s'est livré pour en délivrer un autre.

Ainsi, ma livraison à moi — puisse-t-elle ou non délivrer des âmes autres que la mienne — s'intitule ScruffyOwlet's Tree qui, abrégé en initiales, nous donne le mot : SOT. 

Et oui, je suis sot, et fier de l'être.

Thought 612: Six Ideas

(1) 

The paradox

of the film Amadeus

is that only the genius

of Salieri is such as to

first recognise the

genius of Mozart.

(2) 

Natural:

what owes itself

to Nature.

Artificial:

what owes itself

to Artifice.

Should technology

be regarded as

nature, a 

homogeneity is 

gained between

the natural and

artificial worlds.

(3) 

Revolution

implies a rotation

that goes from A to B

all the way back to A.

(5) 

Elections offer

a catharsis after

weeks of campaign

poison by giving the

impression that 

something has

been decided.

(6) 

Philosophy

is political and

does not offer

an escape

from politics.

Thought 611: Four Ideas (2)

(1) 

False morality

passes judgement.

True morality is 

self-transparency.

Am I passing

judgement or

am I being

self-transparent?

(2) 

To be one's own

master is to be

one's own

servant.

(3)

Philosophy

entangles

as much 

as it sets

free.

(4) 

If everything that

can happen does

happen, then heaven

and hell, the best and

worst of worlds, must

permeate the human

condition.

Thought 610: Negotiation

Negotiation in my

life is the non-leisure

required to be at leisure.

Thought 609: The Meaning of CV

One's Life-Path—

Curriculum Vitae— 

where Capital is

Victorious— 

Caput Victor.

Piano 83: Bach—Partita 1, Menuet 1, BWV 825

ScruffyOwlet · 83: Bach—Partita 1, Menuet I, BWV 825