"Suffering is , in effect the barrier which unconsciousness, matter sets up against consciousness, spirit; it is the resistance to will, the limit which the visible universe imposes upon God."
--tho' a bit dualistic, eh. Cartesian even. Let's hope that ain't the case, or the Kirbyites be headed for Hades-ville. I have a collection of stories in espanol with Unamuno in it. Gloomy, but interesting.
(I aim for Purgatorio, or at least upper levels, Limbo-land--to which Aligheri hisself admitted even pagan filosophes like the Stagirite, and a few mahometans--like Ibn Rooshdie..)
Wow. Your evangelical poet-pal Kirby O now offers his Ode de La Hora to.....Adam Smith and Locke.
Amusing. First, Adam Smith was a pal of Hume (who Kirby O has criticized, along with "Jadl", he Nabakov fan), and probably not a christian, at least of orthodox type. And is laissez-faire econ. really a christian concept? No se pienso.
Locke. Hmm. I respect Lockean empiricism (I doubt KO knows "tabula rasa" from TS Jelliot), but again, not exactly tradition. And Locke's politics (from 2nd treatise) have been used by left and right; Locke for one hated magistrates, and corrupt monarchs. He objected to literal readings of Romans 13 (unlike, say calvinists). Rousseau follows Locke--I doubt Kirby O wants to bless Rousseau. He's a confused little man.
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Yo goosta, el Unamundo de Goostibus.
--tho' a bit dualistic, eh. Cartesian even. Let's hope that ain't the case, or the Kirbyites be headed for Hades-ville. I have a collection of stories in espanol with Unamuno in it. Gloomy, but interesting.
(I aim for Purgatorio, or at least upper levels, Limbo-land--to which Aligheri hisself admitted even pagan filosophes like the Stagirite, and a few mahometans--like Ibn Rooshdie..)
U tended toward a
neoplatonic gnosticism
perhaps you should allow for the full capacity of your mind to aim for the highest good
why piddle around with mediocrity
Wow. Your evangelical poet-pal Kirby O now offers his Ode de La Hora to.....Adam Smith and Locke.
Amusing. First, Adam Smith was a pal of Hume (who Kirby O has criticized, along with "Jadl", he Nabakov fan), and probably not a christian, at least of orthodox type. And is laissez-faire econ. really a christian concept? No se pienso.
Locke. Hmm. I respect Lockean empiricism (I doubt KO knows "tabula rasa" from TS Jelliot), but again, not exactly tradition. And Locke's politics (from 2nd treatise) have been used by left and right; Locke for one hated magistrates, and corrupt monarchs. He objected to literal readings of Romans 13 (unlike, say calvinists). Rousseau follows Locke--I doubt Kirby O wants to bless Rousseau. He's a confused little man.
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