ardor
passion is such a strange thing. the ancients knew it. ardor, avarice, desire and their objects. how do all the potential relationships between these things get used (or not) in the service of reason? this, i think, is the fundamental question of political philosophy. funny that i should find many of the questions of my life in my work. how is it that i shall recognize and categorize my senses? how will i know if they are connected to objects at all or mere fancies? and perhaps most importantly, how is it that i may use whatever revelations i discover--whatever personal truths, in the service of the goal? and what is the goal anyway?
it's all such a muddle.
but here's what i know, i'm no stoic. the dissavowal of emotion is not my thing. so, there must be a way to direct all of this desirous energy inward. not to domesticate or tame it, but to simply give it a different object. a more local one.
it's all such a muddle.
but here's what i know, i'm no stoic. the dissavowal of emotion is not my thing. so, there must be a way to direct all of this desirous energy inward. not to domesticate or tame it, but to simply give it a different object. a more local one.