tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post5198598759432756658..comments2024-03-27T20:33:33.445-07:00Comments on Shmegalamonga: Atheism and existentialism.Diacanuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-9429210815011805352009-06-21T19:35:23.463-07:002009-06-21T19:35:23.463-07:00Well, how about that, a Dostoyevsky/Nietzsche fan ...Well, how about that, a Dostoyevsky/Nietzsche fan who's a decent human being, and not a prick. <br /><br />I find the most amazing things.<br />another reason for optimism. ;)<br /><br />Well, okay, I'll ease up on The Mad Russian, and the Neech-meister.<br /><br />Santi, not so much. ;)<br /><br />My snarky way of saying, good point, and well made. ;)Diacanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546351653341768549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375691158383831389.post-79724057822664484612009-06-21T13:33:25.637-07:002009-06-21T13:33:25.637-07:00I like Dostoyevsky, and Nietzsche was too mad to b...I like Dostoyevsky, and Nietzsche was too mad to be depressed. (Some of the points he made were spot on - 'Christianity gave Eros poison to drink - it did not die, but degenerated into a vice')<br /><br />No, the problem isn't necessarily with the authors. The problem is with how the reader reacts to them.<br /><br />Which brings us to Santi. You could probably present him with the Big Book of Happiness and he'd find gloom in it. It contains sunshine? Then there must be a drought. It contains bunny rabbits? They're probably digging up the gardens. The characters live Happily Ever After? But they're going to die.<br /><br />So the only thing you can do is put him on mute, so to speak. Leave him to childish postures and move on to more important stuff, like picking fluff out of your navel.Baron Scarpiahttp://baron-scarpia.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com