Tag Archives: Atheism

the mono men: back to me, myself and sigh

The Hawkins, Hitchens legacy… The atheist, too, would not dare deny himself a god and why not get personally involved in the god business; they have a god and it is themselves.  You could say that the pagan, the idolator … Continue reading

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the gods in art

The Gods in art. Andre Malraux sought the key to humankind’s fate by a philosphical study of all the world’s art. In The Metamorphosis of the Gods, he pursued a daring venture of the intellect…. (see link at end)…  The … Continue reading

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malraux: patterns across the universe

…As the chief curator and guide of the Imaginary Museum, Malraux recalls Toynbee and Spengler. For one thing, he shared their infatuation with the past, their conviction it can speak to us, that stones have tongues. For another, he shared … Continue reading

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imaginary museum

The imaginary museum in which the art of every age is at last brought together and searched for its deepest meaning… Andre Malraux’s great study of “anti-destiny” was titled The Metamorphosis of the Gods. The book, was in a sense, … Continue reading

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shapes of things: grim final discords

….at last the signs of death in the hollowed cheeks and nostrils and bared teeth. Enough? No. Lucretius does not stop there; he goes on, still with the same febrile, fascinated attention, to describe the disintegration of society, the sick … Continue reading

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nothing that ain’t: leaky vessels

The great Roman poet Lucretius seems to take the affirmative side in our unending debate in whether reason and logic can solve all our problems. But his verses were charged with agonizing doubts in his superb poem The Nature of … Continue reading

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agonizing doubts: the nature of things

Can reason and logic solve all of people’s problems? The great Roman poet Lucretius seems to take the affirmative side in the individual’s unending debate on this question- but his verses are charged with agonizing doubts. The material of the … Continue reading

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angels and demons not included

Ingmar Bergman’s religious views, his particular spiritual ideology have always held interest because unlike a Dawkins or a Hitchens, there is always nuance and ambiguity to Bergman’s views, always a few hidden back door and small windows with cracks in … Continue reading

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nihilism : brave new world

Seduced. The abolition of logic and its replacement by spontaneity. The will to nothing. No permit requited. The strange guest, nihilism, at the door. Somehow the grain of the new, a weird perversion of creationism which combines the anxiety of … Continue reading

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butch cassidy goes to piedmont

A rarity. At least at the time, one of the first media celebrities, a kind of royalty of image and talent. They all get discarded eventually as each new generation creates their gods. But Garibaldi is enduring; his manner of … Continue reading

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