Lacewing wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:24 pm
Questioning absurdity? Do you see absurdities in what people believe? Do you always need to write an essay about it, citing supposed authorities, to call it what it is? You're wasting time and energy... and much of it is focused on proving yourself right.
Where I notice 'absurdities' (your word and sense here) is related to a different problem. It is the loss of capability to define *what is real* in the metaphysical sense (see the René Guénon quotes I put up for IC). My thesis, and the core idea I work with, has to do with what happens to a person and to a people when they lose the capability of defining
that. But that
that is non-intelligible to you. The mention of it makes no sense. And in my view that is part of the larger problem. So while I cannot be absolutely sure about you, nor about anyone, I can discern evidence in what you write that clues me in to what I call a 'general condition'. I see that general condition as a state of loss, of lack, of non-relationship to both the metaphysic and also to *our paideia*. You present me with a case of
postmodern quagmire (perhaps for want of a better word).
That you ridicule authority is a sign that you are associated with modern trends (I referred often to Robert Bork's book
Slouching Toward Gomorrah) and to irresponsible and impetuous tendencies to break off relationship with the higher orders of ideas. People have worked their whole life in gaining entrance to these understandings. That is what *authority* is about, defining and defending (and explaining)
that territory.
All of this flies over your head. So the 'absurdity' is a different one than the one you wish to identify. To me
you render yourself absurd to the degree that you cannot see and show no real interest in gaining
sight. What is absurd, in a way, is that you keep vocalizing an empty platform.
If you could
quack . . .
and play a penny whistle ...
and ride a unicycle -- then you might have something. A YouTube phenomenon! I'll finance you.
(Just taking a shot and having a bit of fun, don't take
that too seriously).
Of course, I care. But I don't take it all as seriously as you seem to, and I'm having fun.
Oh having fun is a good way to pass the time. But not taking seriously those things that really must be taken seriously -- that is a mistake. Now that has been proven historically. It is part of all wisdom-traditions. Children are often incapable of taking seriously what must be taken seriously. And the same is true for children who will not grow up when they become adults.
In all of your volumes, what do you imagine you have resolved?
Do you mean what I believe myself to be resolving for myself? If that, well, a great deal. And here is why: I am paying attention to what is going on all around us in our present. And the degree to which we lose a capacity to see and understand what is going on, and the dangers presented, is the degree that we remain in ignorance and also nescience.
If one is not working through ideas and gaining better understanding and greater clarity, what is the use? Ideas are communicated between people who feel a vital need for clarity. There must be a
hearer though. And a
seer.
I
have to resolve ideas when I am face-to-face with you. You set me to work in that sense. Because you are in a really strange place (and you do not seem to grasp this nor to care).