I've almost finished reading La Peste for the second time, and like the first time, I feel really inspired. I feel I understand what Camus was saying, and the difference between him and Sartre, much better now - largely thanks to a random book attacking atheism which I found and flicked through in a bookshop. Sartre holds the view that man can, in ( Read more... )

 Why is there so little of it? Yes, I suppose compared to many, such as Sarah, I just have loads of time but am just ineffecient at using it. But look ( Read more... )

Why not?

Toutes les gloires sont éphémères. Du point de vue de Sirius, les oeuvres de Goethe dans dix milles ans seront en poussière et son nom oublié.

All glory is ephemeral. From the point of view of Sirius, in ten thousand years Goethe's works will be dust and his name forgotten.

Une pensée profonde est en continuel devenir, épouse l'expérience et ( Read more... )

Vague thoughts here. I am slightly ill (phenomenal amounts of phlegm have emigrated from my nose) so I blame that for the disjointedness of this. And also for the fact that I'm not revising.

Firstly, is there any way to delete memories on LJ? I have a random post by Sarah as a memory because it showed me how to cut, but I no longer need it.

In ( Read more... )

I thought I'd do a bit of self-analysis. This has just been on my mind ( Read more... )