Comments On: The Same Tolstoy and Hegel by Charles Mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/11/03/the-same-tolstoy-and-hegel Comments On: The Same Tolstoy and Hegel by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: The Same Tolstoy and Hegel]]> Posted by full stop]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:02:56 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: The Same Tolstoy and Hegel]]> Posted by facet]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:06:34 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: The Same Tolstoy and Hegel]]>
They're loosely related, in that they're about happiness and touch on happiness being the absence of strife, but not at all the same thing. One says that there are many reasons for unhappiness, and that happiness is the absence of any of those reasons. The other quote says that history is concerned with notable events, that happiness (being a state) is not an event.
Posted by also]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:48:22 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: The Same Tolstoy and Hegel]]> need to be resolved, but it must be there (eg. Beckett).

The same goes for people. We all want to overcome our flaws, and all the drama of life is in that struggle. But thank goodness there is a limit, because if you were perfect you'd be boring as hell. Like Doug Stanhope says, your sins are the most interesting thing about you.
Posted by Irena]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:12:21 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: The Same Tolstoy and Hegel]]> Actually, that's pretty profound stuff by Tolstoy & Hegel. Thanks for sharing. BTW, Anna Karenina has been rendered to screen many times. I recommend the 1935 American production by Clarence Brown with Greta Garbo as the lead. Very good.
Posted by lark]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:32:07 -0700 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: The Same Tolstoy and Hegel]]>
(If you're thinking about the above, you're going about it the wrong way. The ONLY writing that Mr. Mudede takes seriously is his signature on the back of his paycheck.)
Posted by One Way Ticket To Italy]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:18:05 -0700 The Stranger