2011
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Verse 12.
The opening stanza of verse 12 is crucial to destroying our fake beliefs:
Colors blind the eye.
Sounds deafen the ear.
Flavors numb the taste.
Thoughts weaken the mind.
Desires wither the heart.
This is from the non-translation (certainly the best interpretation there is) - by Stephen Mitchell
2011
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Winner of Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize - The Archibald Prize - Ben Wuilty’s portrait of his mentor Margaret Olley. A fine and very painterly portrat showing a deep understanding of the subject. Perhaps a little old fashioned in style. I’ve not sren the other contenferd, but this very much fits the type of painting thay often wins this prizr.
"When someone asks “what’s the use of philosophy?” the reply must be aggressive, since the question tries to be ironic and caustic. Philosophy does not serve the State or the Church, who have other concerns. It serves no established power. The use of philosophy is to sadden. A philosophy that saddens no one, that annoys no one, is not a philosophy. It is useful for harming stupidity, for turning stupidity into something shameful. Its only use is the exposure of all forms of baseness of thought. Is there any discipline apart from philosophy that sets out to criticize all mystifications, whatever their source and aim, to expose all the fictions without which reactive forces would not prevail? Exposing as a mystification the mixture of baseness and stupidity that creates the astonishing complicity of both victims and perpetrators. Finally, turning thought into something aggressive, active and affirmative. Creating free men, that is to say men who do not confuse the aims of culture with the benefit of the State, morality or religion. Fighting the ressentiment and bad conscience, which have replaced thought for us. Conquering the negative and its false glamour. Who has an interest in all this but philosophy? Philosophy is at its most positive as critique, as an enterprise of demystification."
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- Gilles Deleuze. Nietzsche and Philosophy (via eritissimilesdeo)
Please don’t remind me of those dreams/nightmares about forgetting to show up for class.
(via akubizone)
(via akubizone)
2011
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What Now Egypt?
You have been in this place before where the Military have “saved the Nation” - 1950s.
But now it is harder, those now in charge owe their places to the man they have deposed. The military has so much to lose. They own 40% of all Egytian Industry and Business. They are therefore the CAUSE of much of the poverty and unemployment and backwardness in Egypt.
Their other source of huge wealth is of course, the US of A.
Yet these are the people that Egyptians hope will open up society, ensure democracy and ensure a governmental system of which they are no longer the leading part!
2011
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Little Kitties for Big Cats is a new fund raising campaign from National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative. Let’s help them reach their $10,000 goal and support big cat conservation in Africa!
Please reblog and spread the word!
(via thebigcatblog)
