tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post5443574703345895941..comments2024-03-28T19:49:43.203-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: ROMANTICISM, SO TO SPEAKRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-4488540777951293832014-11-24T04:21:48.216-05:002014-11-24T04:21:48.216-05:00Yes, indeed, a fascinating mini-mini-tutorial. (An...Yes, indeed, a fascinating mini-mini-tutorial. (Any blog that begins with God being "royally pissed" has got to be good!)<br /><br />I'm wondering whether the externalization must be "profoundly ambivalent." I would draw from your account that it must, that it is unavoidable, and that the Romantic conception of creativity/expression will always be critically entangled with other Enligtenment branches that lead to all the human dualisms and disenchantment.Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427077490696059928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-8185207669200200072014-11-24T01:49:21.267-05:002014-11-24T01:49:21.267-05:00Prof.
I am possibly the least qualified person to...Prof.<br /><br />I am possibly the least qualified person to judge your competence on this matter. But, for what it is worth, in my opinion, it was a fascinating text: it sheds a lot of light on Nietzsche (and some other contemporary figures), particularly his The Greek State, where he manifests a profound contempt -- almost pathological in my view -- for the working people (Well, Nietzsche apparently was enormously capable of feeling contempt).<br /><br />I wonder if this contempt explains Nietzsche's popularity among many modern intellectuals.<br /><br />Thanks for the mini-tutorial.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.com