Cowardice

May 15, 2005 22:08

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polishcyclist May 16 2005, 03:36:44 UTC
couple thoughts.

we should spend more time hanging out. like, an extended period of time. You want to come to Europe this August (2nd half)? Hal is coming.

Second, although we also have many many differences (I tend to take intellectualism too lightly, you tend to over-intellectualize, etc), I think that we have similar desires (demands on?) life. Amongst these is the desire to experience deeply - I want to be able to say that I lived a whole life in one night

three: gratituous Nietzsche quote (sad that he feels cliche): one must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star

Fourth: time to go back to writing papers...

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polishcyclist May 16 2005, 04:34:21 UTC
also: is it possible to really resist the self-mutilation aspect of making decision in life?

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paulhope May 17 2005, 01:20:55 UTC
1) Yes, we should. To Europe, I give a definite maybe. That's not the sort of decision that I can make on the spot, since I'll having to consider timing and *budgeting.* But we can talk more about what you have in mind later. In fact, we are talking about it right now, on AIM. Weird ( ... )

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polishcyclist May 17 2005, 06:19:47 UTC
death wishes definitely exist. the classic exposition of the "thanatos" can be found in the latter part of freud's book, Beyond the Pleasure Principle.

-hal

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