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Daily Archives: June 27, 2009
Quote of the Day: Robert Lifton on the “thought terminating cliche”
Thought terminating cliches? You know, like the ones that Americans hear weekly from Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. Here’s the psychologist Robert Lifton, from his book, Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism : “The language of the totalist environment is characterized by … Continue reading
Michael Jackson Wrote This
Michael Jackson was a man of contradictions:
Sisyphus Pushing v. Buddha Sitting
Someone recently said to me that to conclude that the universe is without purpose needn’t lead to pessimism and Albert Camus-like rebellion (as I have been suggesting lately). Nihilism might just as well mean “the loss of misery and despair as well. … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Ayn Rand, beatles, Buddha, Buddhism, Camus, existentialism, fools, heidegger, Hinduism, Sartre, sisyphus
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Poem for Summer Vacations
Passage O soul to India! Passage, immediate passage! the blood burns in my veins! Away O soul! hoist instantly the anchor! Cut the hawsers—haul out—shake out every sail! Have we not stood here like trees in the ground long enough? … Continue reading
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Tagged extremity, India, journey, life, literature, ocean, poem, poetry, sailing, summer, travel, Walt Whitman
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