Nitzchean assertion of self is fundamentally flawed, as all human interactions stem from relationships we have with others. Supreme, self-realising power cannot exist in a vacuum and beyond moral considerations because all human interactions have some morality attached to them. This is underscored in our faith, which is a relationship with God. He lays out for us the perfect moral conduct, which if followed, would bring results otherwise unattainable through sheer exertion of Self. It is faith and the Light flowing from beyond us that fill us with meaning.
Emptiness of nihilism and a desire to fill it with expansion of Self into that void, to cover it, only stretch and empty out the soul. When only the inward considerations of Self are reckoned, the boundaries of the world are ignored and any transgressions or injuries to the soul are brushed aside as weakness. This amoral conduct pushes people away and the emptiness of Self is laid bare to people who will have nothing with you. Nietzsche's own life epitomizes that outcome.
Don't be too sure. There was a time before Abrahamo-Platonism and there will be a time after Abrahamo-Platonism. And one way to get to the 'after' phase is to no put anything in the cup. No money. Not attention. No understanding. Nothing. Just turn away.
My English origin and my late-life expatriation to "Latin" (Indigenous) America offer contrasting views on how we as instrumental creatures view the world in order to make sense of it and choose appropriate ways forward.
The "Anglo-Saxon" (more truly, Anglo-NORMAN, for the viking ancestry of much of the English governing class) sees things in a calculating way, reducing in its elemental philosophy to a single forwards path and the culture of Individualism (which Sufis associate with the Commanding Self).
The (Indigenous) American culture lives on cooperation which makes less of calculation (mostly in organising social events ...) and more of sentiment: here, decisions more or less are arrived at by a messy (to an English mind) to and fro conversation, less or more heated depending on factors.
My belief, after some study, is that the Siberian-American diaspora took place after a number of the natives - alarmed at agricultural enclosure and/or the appearance of urbanisation - and realising that their ancient values were threatened, were lucky to find another world empty of humans where they could build societies enabling them to continue to live traditionally. You can find echoes of the consequence both in today's Latin America and in some of the folklore collections and literature of the remote Siberian regions of today's Russia. In the Andean regions, especially, the traditional values, proscribed by Church and State after the Conquest, were transmuted into art and daily activity in a way that could not help but preserve them. As I am a honest witness to this.
Absolutely nuts article. Fella used the "with great power comes great responsibility" spider man quote as part of his argument. Is this a shit post?
Yeah, I subscribed to this author because of "The Hygiene of the European Worldview", then the next post I read is this garbage. Unsubscribed.
Nitzchean assertion of self is fundamentally flawed, as all human interactions stem from relationships we have with others. Supreme, self-realising power cannot exist in a vacuum and beyond moral considerations because all human interactions have some morality attached to them. This is underscored in our faith, which is a relationship with God. He lays out for us the perfect moral conduct, which if followed, would bring results otherwise unattainable through sheer exertion of Self. It is faith and the Light flowing from beyond us that fill us with meaning.
Emptiness of nihilism and a desire to fill it with expansion of Self into that void, to cover it, only stretch and empty out the soul. When only the inward considerations of Self are reckoned, the boundaries of the world are ignored and any transgressions or injuries to the soul are brushed aside as weakness. This amoral conduct pushes people away and the emptiness of Self is laid bare to people who will have nothing with you. Nietzsche's own life epitomizes that outcome.
Appeals to Abrahamo-Platonism will end only when the last Abrahmo-Platonist shaking a tin can gets nothing for their (feeble) efforts.
So never. Glad we cleared that up.
Don't be too sure. There was a time before Abrahamo-Platonism and there will be a time after Abrahamo-Platonism. And one way to get to the 'after' phase is to no put anything in the cup. No money. Not attention. No understanding. Nothing. Just turn away.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”
“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.”
Verbum Domini, Deo gratias.
No.
Fair. Time will tell.
My English origin and my late-life expatriation to "Latin" (Indigenous) America offer contrasting views on how we as instrumental creatures view the world in order to make sense of it and choose appropriate ways forward.
The "Anglo-Saxon" (more truly, Anglo-NORMAN, for the viking ancestry of much of the English governing class) sees things in a calculating way, reducing in its elemental philosophy to a single forwards path and the culture of Individualism (which Sufis associate with the Commanding Self).
The (Indigenous) American culture lives on cooperation which makes less of calculation (mostly in organising social events ...) and more of sentiment: here, decisions more or less are arrived at by a messy (to an English mind) to and fro conversation, less or more heated depending on factors.
My belief, after some study, is that the Siberian-American diaspora took place after a number of the natives - alarmed at agricultural enclosure and/or the appearance of urbanisation - and realising that their ancient values were threatened, were lucky to find another world empty of humans where they could build societies enabling them to continue to live traditionally. You can find echoes of the consequence both in today's Latin America and in some of the folklore collections and literature of the remote Siberian regions of today's Russia. In the Andean regions, especially, the traditional values, proscribed by Church and State after the Conquest, were transmuted into art and daily activity in a way that could not help but preserve them. As I am a honest witness to this.
Thanks for the space and I hope this helps!