Thought 470: Self-Loathing Overcome

Self-loathing is overcome

when what we least liked

about ourselves is what

we most like.

Thought 469: What Is Privilege?

What we take for granted.

Thought 468: Easy Way and Hard Way

Pillar of Mercy =

there is a pattern

to life = nihilism

does not need

to be conquered

v

Pillar of Severity 

= there is no pattern

to life = nihilism needs

to be conquered

Thought 467: Fool's Mysteries

The greatest disillusion,

which requires the greatest

illusion, is the greatest prize

for a wisdom-lover—

whence the mysteries.

Ultimately,

the mysteries

were instituted

that the abyss

be conquered.

Thought 466: Self-Unfoldment or Self-Improvement?

Is self-unfoldment

preferable to

self-improvement?

Thought 465: To Influence or to Inspire?

Is it better

to inspire

by example

or to influence

by content?

Thought 464: Autism

Autism is auto-ism.

Thought 463: Beloved Bands

Rock bands are adored

by their fans because

they empower them

with their music.

And empowerment

is happiness.

Thought 462: Roman Grand Style

The Romans were

masters of the Grand

Style, which is abundance

that restrains itself in simplicity.

Two examples of Roman

Grand Style are Caesar's

Commentaries and

Augustus' Deeds.

Thought 461: Manly P. Hall's Limitation

Philosopher Manly P. Hall's

greatest strength, his moralism,

is also his greatest weakness,

his blindness.

To the extent

that we hold

on to morality,

we condemn

and therefore

devalue the

world as it is

because life 

is immoral

and cynical.

Power, not

morality,

is the reality

of existence,

because 

morality

is itself

power

for she

too seeks

to establish

trust in her

favour.

Thought 460: Caesar's Fate

Caesar's assassination

was a good fate: his

biographer Suetonius

notes that Gaius wished

to die in his prime and

the Ides of March made

a martyr and tragic figure

out of him which would

cement his place in history.

Thought 459: Fool's Hitler

The same (mis)qualities that led

to Hitler's rise and victory led to 

his downfall and defeat, 

and to the extent that 

he was worshipped and

adored by his followers

he was demonised and

ridiculed by his victors.

Thought 458: Fool's Jackson

The same childhood

that made Jackson

an adored pop

icon turned him

into a persecuted

freak show.

Thought 457: Blind Spot

Others may

see our 

blind spots.

Thought 456: Fool's Orgasm

The ecstasy women feel 

in orgasm is more than matched 

by the agony of birthgiving.

Thought 455: Fool's Books

That great and rare

books are not read

protects them from

the pollution of exposure.

Thought 454: Fool's Beauty

Loving beauty makes 

one more affronted

by ugliness, which 

is more common.

Thought 453: Fool's Schumacher

Michael Schumacher's towering 

Formula One career was met 

with driving inadequacy upon

his return from retirement and

outright invalidity after a skiing

accident.

Thought 452: Fool's Thatcher

State legislation saw a massive increase under

the small government-proponent

Margaret Thatcher.

(She was also responsible

for financialising the

British economy with

the consequences

we know.)

Thought 451: Fool's Wisdom

The rarity of wisdom

safeguards its

preciousness.

Thought 450: Hell Is Not an Option

The human condition

can be summed up

with the insight that

while heaven is a luxury,

no one is rich enough

to go to hell.