06 January 2009

Those Greeks



"Oh those greeks!
They knew how to live. What is required for that is to stop courageously at the surface, the fold, the skin, to adore appearance, to believe in forms, tones, words, in the whole Olympus of appearance." - Nietzsche
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4 comments:

  1. Precious OrchidJanuary 7, 2009 at 5:49 AM

    what do you think precipitated this turn of philosophy for Nietzsche - after all, his time ws all about essence, not surfaces?

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  2. Precious OrchidJanuary 7, 2009 at 5:50 AM

    and not all ancient classical Greeks were surface worshippers, were they?

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  3. cfJanuary 22, 2009 at 4:08 AM

    Here's another favourite, Uncle G. It's called "Writing with One's Feet". (Should we judge him by his shoes?)

    ...Not with my hand alone I write:
    My foot wants to participate.
    Firm and free and bold, my feet
    Run across the field - and sheet.

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  4. Daniel GohJanuary 31, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    Uncle: that's so beautiful.

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