http://icrapoport.com/icrapoport-logo-wp2c/ The average civilized person considers much that is human alien to him – precisely the opposite of Terence’s definition of being human. Once I was walking down a street in Manhattan with two (very smart) friends, and I started philosophizing about the pleasure of killing and eating one’s foes as a mode of revenge. I […]
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Jung on Self-Knowledge.
31-Aug-10Dreams and Beasts.
01-Feb-10“Dreams and Beasts are two keys by which we are to find out the secrets of our own nature. All mystics use them. They are like comparative anatomy. They test objects; or we may say, that must be a good theory of the universe, that theory will bring a commanding claim to confidence, which explains […]
Love.
14-Aug-13Kon Tum “No specter assails us in more varied disguises than loneliness, and one of its most impenetrable masks is called love.” – Arthur Schnitzler, quoted by Clive James. I’ve been reading James’ Cultural Amnesia, a fine book; essentially excerpts from James’ commonplace-book with essays built around them, on a general theme. Probably for personal reasons, my […]