yet another example of why this country needs a deeper look at what the
word "enough" means... along. of course, with clinton's concurrance with
heidegger on the word "is." —hen
allen scult wrote on 6/13/04, 8:48 PM:
> It's not that your wit and good judgement are not enough, Henry. But
> just to be on the safe side, perhaps it's a good idea to cast such
> ready-for-death hyperbolees over wide expanses. I hope you don't
> mind.
>
> Allen
>
>
> >
> >
> >"I always seem to be over-ruling what I say almost as
> > > soon as I say it."
> >
> >brilliant, allen... professorial and divine...
> >
> >shazam! i just realized we're "off list."
> >we're not sharing this genius...this wit...
> >
> >
> >
> >allen scult wrote on 6/12/04, 4:16 PM:
> >
> > > >and just doesn't your paragraph 2 overrule your paragraph 1to
> wit--,
> > >
> > >
> > > No need Henry. I always seem to be over-ruling what I say almost as
> > > soon as I say it.
> > > Though sometimes I can hold off to the next paragraph. That's
> > > basically why I haven't
> > > gotten anywhere--no, that's an overstatement; let's say further
> than
> > > I have.
> > >
> > > Which puts me in the mind of another Nietzschean aphorism: The one
> > > regarding the true exercise
> > > of will to power whereby you understand and affirm that the only way
> > > to have anything is
> > > to wish for it all to happen again exactly the same way. I always
> > > considered that overly harsh.
> > > So I thought of a counteroffer:
> > >
> > > I'll take this (the perfect moment alone in the prairie yesterday,
> > > for example); you take everything else!
> > >
> > > Now I'm ready to die.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > the
> > > >god of will to will is just the old observing one, the
> representer of
> > > >the representations... while Baseling professorially, ah, well
> there's
> > > >style to that: one gains bicycling past lovelies with parasols,
> wearing
> > > >one's brown suit, one's bowler hat...a smile over the right
> shoulder, a
> > > >pause and skillful u-turn on the cobblestones. no god can do
> that. no
> > > >god could afford to...
> > >
> > >
> > > You're right. God and gods are prone to rather extreme forms of S&m
> > > to even
> > > get it up, let alone get it on. I bet a god could do that though
> > > without it costing him his
> > > job. But then again, maybe that's the kind of chance we all have to
> > > take!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >i have never been in turin, but i found a fat wallet in a
> restroom at
> > > >the GARE in Balé, many years ago. It belonged to a Portuguese, who
> > > >bought me my very first Feldschlassen, and gave me my very first
> > > >Gauloise... the rest is history, and on several levels of
> description...
> > >
> > >
> > > I'll say! But I'm actually too old to remember my first Gauloise.
> > > That's
> > > why I need to consolodate history, my own included into one, maybe
> > > two moments, which
> > > stay with me. Everything else either fades into the background to
> > > possibly return in my dreams,
> > > or becomes absorbed into one long drawn out present. at least
> that's
> > > what I think happens.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Allen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >amscult@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 6/12/04, 10:43 AM:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course the advantages of the professing profession are
> > > > > mutlifarious,especially compared to God, the being of whom
> > > > > is equally unwinnable, but with none of the ancillary perks and
> > > > > pleasures, especially if your predilections move in the
> direction of
> > > > > doing
> > > > > rather than merely observing.
> > > > >
> > > > > But assuming Nietzsche speaks here of the best
> being-in-the-world
> > > > > position
> > > > > for philosophizing, the will to power choices open to the
> professor
> > > > > for learning
> > > > > from what and how he does what he does are potentially much
> more
> > > > > fruitful than
> > > > > simply being God, all things considered.
> > >
>
>
>
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word "enough" means... along. of course, with clinton's concurrance with
heidegger on the word "is." —hen
allen scult wrote on 6/13/04, 8:48 PM:
> It's not that your wit and good judgement are not enough, Henry. But
> just to be on the safe side, perhaps it's a good idea to cast such
> ready-for-death hyperbolees over wide expanses. I hope you don't
> mind.
>
> Allen
>
>
> >
> >
> >"I always seem to be over-ruling what I say almost as
> > > soon as I say it."
> >
> >brilliant, allen... professorial and divine...
> >
> >shazam! i just realized we're "off list."
> >we're not sharing this genius...this wit...
> >
> >
> >
> >allen scult wrote on 6/12/04, 4:16 PM:
> >
> > > >and just doesn't your paragraph 2 overrule your paragraph 1to
> wit--,
> > >
> > >
> > > No need Henry. I always seem to be over-ruling what I say almost as
> > > soon as I say it.
> > > Though sometimes I can hold off to the next paragraph. That's
> > > basically why I haven't
> > > gotten anywhere--no, that's an overstatement; let's say further
> than
> > > I have.
> > >
> > > Which puts me in the mind of another Nietzschean aphorism: The one
> > > regarding the true exercise
> > > of will to power whereby you understand and affirm that the only way
> > > to have anything is
> > > to wish for it all to happen again exactly the same way. I always
> > > considered that overly harsh.
> > > So I thought of a counteroffer:
> > >
> > > I'll take this (the perfect moment alone in the prairie yesterday,
> > > for example); you take everything else!
> > >
> > > Now I'm ready to die.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > the
> > > >god of will to will is just the old observing one, the
> representer of
> > > >the representations... while Baseling professorially, ah, well
> there's
> > > >style to that: one gains bicycling past lovelies with parasols,
> wearing
> > > >one's brown suit, one's bowler hat...a smile over the right
> shoulder, a
> > > >pause and skillful u-turn on the cobblestones. no god can do
> that. no
> > > >god could afford to...
> > >
> > >
> > > You're right. God and gods are prone to rather extreme forms of S&m
> > > to even
> > > get it up, let alone get it on. I bet a god could do that though
> > > without it costing him his
> > > job. But then again, maybe that's the kind of chance we all have to
> > > take!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >i have never been in turin, but i found a fat wallet in a
> restroom at
> > > >the GARE in Balé, many years ago. It belonged to a Portuguese, who
> > > >bought me my very first Feldschlassen, and gave me my very first
> > > >Gauloise... the rest is history, and on several levels of
> description...
> > >
> > >
> > > I'll say! But I'm actually too old to remember my first Gauloise.
> > > That's
> > > why I need to consolodate history, my own included into one, maybe
> > > two moments, which
> > > stay with me. Everything else either fades into the background to
> > > possibly return in my dreams,
> > > or becomes absorbed into one long drawn out present. at least
> that's
> > > what I think happens.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Allen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >amscult@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 6/12/04, 10:43 AM:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course the advantages of the professing profession are
> > > > > mutlifarious,especially compared to God, the being of whom
> > > > > is equally unwinnable, but with none of the ancillary perks and
> > > > > pleasures, especially if your predilections move in the
> direction of
> > > > > doing
> > > > > rather than merely observing.
> > > > >
> > > > > But assuming Nietzsche speaks here of the best
> being-in-the-world
> > > > > position
> > > > > for philosophizing, the will to power choices open to the
> professor
> > > > > for learning
> > > > > from what and how he does what he does are potentially much
> more
> > > > > fruitful than
> > > > > simply being God, all things considered.
> > >
>
>
>
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