“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” – Kurt Cobain, in some Nirvana song. A few random things I’ll meander around, one – and this really is a bit random here – I had a thought pass my mind; uniforms reflect a metaphysical order. But I’ll get to that in a bit. […]
Quotes
A few musings, Sept 10 2011
Some random musings: I learned more about human nature from a serendipitous and careful reading of interesting poetry and novels than from 4 semesters of undergrad psychology survey courses. History books are as useful as novels here, but there is something about the novel that lays bare human motives yearnings and dreams. Aldous Huxleyonce wrote: […]
Scattered Quotes for the week of 6/26/11
“Let’s not be relativists, there are such things as barbarian savages and civilized people, after all I come from barbarians, at least that’s what people like to call us Berbers.. There are two types of civilizations, Memetic ones and Metallic ones. By this I mean ones of ideas and ones of gadgets and stone buildings. […]
On Progress, Excerpts from “A Material Civilization” by Rene Guenon
Kemal considers these points: It’s possible to allow emotion and sentimentality to obscure clear perception. When you are facing dire situations, this tendency must be fought with all discipline. Criticisms of the West are sometimes met with knee jerk and snarky responses along the lines of ‘..well would ‘ya prefer Somalia or Bangladesh? – Other […]