on this last point: remember that exactly one philosopher has successfully Ended Philosophy, and it was not wittgenstein or any other quietist: it was Han Feizi, using the Qin state as his posthumous body
the elective affinity between class consciousness and tathagatagarbha
Dostoyevsky' Demons is a really nasty piece of work for many reasons. One of the biggest is Kirillov, a crazy guy who imagines himself an atheistic christ figure whose suicide will free humanity from their fear of God. Designed to inspire copycats and give everyone else a laugh at their expense.
not twee not screamy not precious not ironic not earnest not emotional not intellectualist not devout not spontaneous not disciplined
platonov treated communism as a kind of pact magic, informed by field experience in the civil war era rural electrification campaigns
some times I get lost in memory and think about what's now passed into history. some times my mind turns to a true ally whose name still echoes across Bsky.
“A strong smell of turpentine prevails throughout.”
Cyan (Grue)@cyangrue.bsky.social · 2y ago"The veil of eternity was lifted. The one great truth which underlies all human experience, and is the key to all the mysteries that philosophy has sought in vain to solve, flashed upon me in a sudden revelation."
could you maybe say a little bit more about what else was happening in your life when you became the paramedic fetus of the east?
professor, back in the day, arguing against deconstructive theories of meaning which make translation impossible: when I slap my wife on the ass we both know exactly what it means
Sapir-Nietzsche hypothesis (the unconscious is fundamentally mid)
I had this happen irl when skipping class, a little kid found me and then crashed out when his mom didn't believe him
Haus of Decline@hausofdecline.bsky.social · 2w ago
nonprofit abolitionists are just people who have actually talked to executive directors
the smug certainty of the psychoanalytic model of the unconscious vs the opacity and unknowable chaos of the perspectivalist unconscious "which one is cope?"