What is philosophy?
First, let’s be
clear: there are two kinds. Academic philosophy is the sister to science and
mathematics. Literary philosophy is of a different family, that of novelists
and playwrights. I’m a literary philosopher. I follow in
the tradition of other literary philosophers, such as Nietzsche, Camus, and
Santayana.
Academic philosophy
concerns itself with propositions to be debated, bringing in the points and
counterpoints of as many other philosophers as would be illustrative, and then
debating the merits of them all. Literary philosophy, by contrast, has a
different aim entirely, which is to describe. To describe the world and life in
the world as the philosopher sees it, often in a narrative form, often with
picturesque language, often autobiographically.
Academic philosophy
concerns itself with propositions that require proof. It avoids inductive
reasoning, which is reasoning from personal experience to make global
assertions. Academic philosophy considers inductive reasoning to be
illegitimate because personal experience can never be proven to be globally
valid. Literary philosophy, by contrast, has no problem at all with inductive
reasoning, because literary philosophy doesn’t concern itself with proof, but
rather, with assertions that emerge organically from the general experience of
living in the world. Its audience is not the rigorous logicians, but rather,
anyone whose general experience of living in the world is such that the
philosopher’s assertions ring true.
Literary philosophy has
an aesthetic dimension, as is certainly true of Nietzsche, Camus, and Santayana.
Reading them is like reading the exposition in novels and plays. Their prose is
crafted not as a dialectic (a word that makes me think of “diuretic” and with
good reason) but as journalism, or history, or the narration of a documentary
film. They have far more in common with the essays of George Orwell than with
the gray analytics of Kant.
The poet John Keats
wrote in his Ode on a Grecian Urn: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty, -- that
is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” The literary philosopher finds
much to agree with in that, demurring only due to this key point: Ugliness,
too, is truth, and truth ugliness. Literature in all its moods is wisdom.
Perhaps the foregoing
will assist you in understanding me. ISCHYROS DIAVOLOS!
I have got just the fifty percent of your heart
our lives are indeed divided
as if they weren't already by the brutality of life
I feel like a prisoner
maybe men made life into a prison
they arrested their soul
I feel like I have lost something
I feel like true happiness is impossible
because of them
I feel like this world isn't made for free spirits
I feel like under the law of a powerful universal tyrant
that rule everything
I feel like I'm a cathedral in the desert
and I have just wilderness
and they have everything
except what I have
and so they are unhappy, having everything
and I resist, having nothing
but I still am in this wasteland
in this arid wilderness
alone, I'm indeed an hermit
against the world
with a message who could free them all
but I know very well the fate of prophets
and I don't accept it
I am a giant and noble rebellion
I condemn this stupid world
May it fall, may it collapse
may be destroyed, this unjust world
Fire, hidden in the darkest night
hidden from every powerful man
unknown, under the ground
it resists
facing a world of terrifying darkness
it is the fire of Hell
the fire of justice
we still here, after centuries of genocide
burning for truth
burning in the name of nature
against an ugly and unjust world
burn this world
purify
with the fire of philosophy
die, transform, overcome, destroy, create, fight!
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
a deadly curse upon God
you will never have my unique soul
I will fight against the whole world
and if I will die you won't survive me
a challenge, a noble duel
unequal fight, but what is equal?
Conquer your might! Defeat who is superior!
Take his heart, eat it for Mars!
Blessed be the crazy ones
Cursed be the idiots
crazy like a true revolutionary
one, who, with a sentence, issue a sentence of death!
Who is afraid of words?
I know who! These words are a knife
a noble knife of someone screaming
DON'T TREAD ON ME
a knife that frightens the evil men
a knife of justice!
deadly, bloody words, you may be hurt
and they are meant to that
words are swords that hurt
a poem can be a true duel
I'm a warrior, and I challenge
cursed be who doesn't fight
is already a slave
nothing you will get
without struggle
nothing you will achieve
without true hate
death to the dead
cries nature
death to this dead world!
It seems people attach emotions to everything. The need to reproduce is a big one. People keep making new people. The need to survive as a species creates physiological symptoms, among them are human sentiments.
Every emotion is based on some sort of physical need. For every action there is a reaction. Every desire, concern, or despair are manifestations of physical reactivity.
thoughts?
If anyone is interested, here is the link for my public profile on Facebook since I am on there often.
Throughout the week I will be adding topics and information in here.
Ave Satanas brothers and sisters \m/
Dear members,
I first picked up The Satanic Bible about 15 years ago. I'm now revisiting some of the core themes. Due to my career, I'm what you call "in the closet," but nonetheless am looking for others who can discuss these ideas and perhaps improve my philosophy.
The first Satanic statement, "Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence?" has probably been widely misinterpreted by overzealous teenagers and their parents. However, I've interpreted "indulgence" to mean indulging in life, taking life on life's terms, and working toward becoming successful in my endevours--indulging in the often hard work of trying to get ahead.
Accordingly, as LaVey articulated, people often mistake compulsion for indulgence. One is a choice, the other is not. Though, isn't there "always" a choice? Despite much of the sensationalist language, naive theories of social Darwinism, and straw-man arguments in The Satanic Bible, I've interpreted "abstinence" to mean, at least for me, abstaining from dominant religious and political ideology which permeates throughout Western culture in a variety of ways, attempting to influence how one should live their life.
Nevertheless, these are subjective interpretations. Please, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm curious what others on this path choose to indulge in.
R
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