Marblehead Posted October 8, 2018 Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dosa Posted October 8, 2018 A friend is known in necessity. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted October 9, 2018 “I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.” “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” “But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.” “Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.” “Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences—all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn’t feel it.” “In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment.” 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted October 9, 2018 Nice to see that Camus inspired you Zerostao. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawei Posted October 11, 2018 I have a fondness for existentialism and have usually associated him with it... so: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/camus/ Although he forcefully separated himself from existentialism, Camus posed one of the twentieth century’s best-known existentialist questions, which launches The Myth of Sisyphus: “There is only one really serious philosophical question, and that is suicide” 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted October 12, 2018 But Sisyphus must be considered happy. May I suggest that Camus was an Anarchist? (The Rebel.) (And maybe an Apatheist?) (And after all thoughts have been had, life is still worth living.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted October 15, 2018 Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted October 22, 2018 Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted October 29, 2018 If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted November 5, 2018 In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 5, 2018 that reminded me of hearing Christmas music at the mall just a few days ago...... of course to stimulate sales and get the anxiety ramped up for shopping. it was the very day after halloween I don't even remember the song but I felt like I am in a terrible trap- a moment of nostalgia but then I just wanted to leave and I did too. sorry my apology this has nothing to do with what you are pointing too.... and the very fact that the ladies room smells like a kd lang concert yet another reason to high tail it OUT. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted November 5, 2018 1 minute ago, sagebrush said: that reminded me of hearing Christmas music at the mall just a few days ago...... of course to stimulate sales and get the anxiety ramped up for shopping. it was the very day after halloween I don't even remember the song but I felt like I am in a terrible trap- a moment of nostalgia but then I just wanted to leave and I did too. sorry my apology this has nothing to do with what you are pointing too.... and the very fact that the ladies room smells like a kd lang concert yet another reason to high tail it OUT. I've always thought you are a guy. What were you doing in the lady's room? But yes, your response does relate to the quote. In the mall you felt the death of winter instead of the life of summer. So you ran away before it touched you too deeply. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) reading about summer when it is fall being at the mall hearing Christmas music and it is only the day after halloween Edited November 6, 2018 by sagebrush 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted November 6, 2018 Yeah, a month ago I went to Wal-Mart and they were putting up the Christmas stuff. It's all about money. Put it out so people can buy it. Jus checking about the lady's room. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) what are you wanting to know? Edited November 6, 2018 by sagebrush Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted November 6, 2018 “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” comments? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh Posted November 7, 2018 26 minutes ago, zerostao said: “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” comments? This crazy truth is the very thing which raises man above the ape, beyond the dictatorship of corporeal existance , into the realm of the heavens. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted November 7, 2018 11 hours ago, sagebrush said: what are you wanting to know? Who won? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 7, 2018 who won what? I had read the passage of the invincible summer----only relating that to a damn kd lang cd- not remembering that she was quoting albert camus. until I scrolled through albert camus quotes and read the winter.....invincible summer. quote. I don't think I want to understand or undergo anyones experience of some invincible summer. I am happy in endless sad. thank you-- 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted November 7, 2018 14 minutes ago, sagebrush said: I am happy in endless sad. Well, that doesn't sound very inspiring. How about endless Spring? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagebrush Posted November 8, 2018 its very late for me to be on computer. I need directions to Indianapolis. packing for a trip. the Nationals for band comps. Colts stadium-Bands of America!!!! The Knights just won the State Band Marching Invitational and State Honor Band title for 7th year in a row. this is truly inspiring be back soon~ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted November 8, 2018 Enjoy and be safe. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawei Posted November 10, 2018 I have this two part audio cassette where three of Camus's works are lectured on... I've listened to it more than once only because I can't recall all the richness of the lectures ! It has been remarked that Camus would certainly reject the title of an existentialist... well... and Jesus a christian... so let's forget about whether labels truly fit or not In Camus's the Stranger: "The benign indifferent of the universe"... is he talking about existentalism or Dao 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted November 10, 2018 8 hours ago, dawei said: In Camus's the Stranger: "The benign indifferent of the universe"... is he talking about existentalism or Dao What a question. I can't suggest that it is Daoism as from my readings of him I was never inspired to think that he ever knew anything about Daoist Philosophy. He may still have been in his existentalistic mentality at the time of writing that. I think it is fair to suggest that he was headed toward that path. But something broke him out of that path. I like to think that it was his becoming more influenced by Nietzsche. Human life is absurd but still worth living. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted November 12, 2018 Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
