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Dec. 5th, 2013
Mr. Pessoa gives us an interesting twist on the old affecting idea that the loss of God and Christianity was a tragedy for Western civilization.
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When Christianity passed over souls like a storm that rages all night until morning, the havoc it had invisibly wreaked could be felt, but only after it has passed did the actual damage become clear. Some thought that the damage resulted from Christianity’s departure, but this was just what revealed the damage, not what caused it.
-- Fernando Pessoa, “The Book of Disquiet”
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Is Pessoa a Nietzschean? Since he was such an introverted, sensitive man, I would have thought that he would have favored the softening touches of Christianity with its privileging of the weak and the poor. Perhaps he is focused on the way that Christianity promoted an ignorance over our understanding of the way the world works, both technologically and metaphysically. Regardless, it is a good twist in an old discussion.
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When Christianity passed over souls like a storm that rages all night until morning, the havoc it had invisibly wreaked could be felt, but only after it has passed did the actual damage become clear. Some thought that the damage resulted from Christianity’s departure, but this was just what revealed the damage, not what caused it.
-- Fernando Pessoa, “The Book of Disquiet”
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Is Pessoa a Nietzschean? Since he was such an introverted, sensitive man, I would have thought that he would have favored the softening touches of Christianity with its privileging of the weak and the poor. Perhaps he is focused on the way that Christianity promoted an ignorance over our understanding of the way the world works, both technologically and metaphysically. Regardless, it is a good twist in an old discussion.
Nelson Mandela Dead at 95
Dec. 5th, 2013 08:27 pm“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.”
-- Nelson Mandela
-- Nelson Mandela