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Friday, January 2, 2009

Books The Lack of Understanding

Posted by Charles Mudede on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:25 AM

From the preface:

Death, as we may call that unreality, is the most terrible thing, and to keep and hold fast what is dead demands the greatest force of all. Beauty, powerless and helpless, hates understanding, because the latter exacts from it what it cannot perform.

Proof of beauty's hate can be found here:

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Man, she got Fichte, too!

Posted by Uncle Vinny on January 2, 2009 at 11:48 AM

I'd do her.

Posted by elevating the dialogue on January 2, 2009 at 11:51 AM

I don't understand. Does this have something to do with Amanda Knox? If not, why is Charles posting it?

Posted by Tangletown Tod on January 2, 2009 at 12:02 PM

"Proof", Charles? You seriously need to be more careful with words, my friend.

Posted by DavidG on January 2, 2009 at 12:07 PM

Now who is that cute beast?

Posted by hullo whirled on January 2, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Even their headstones area little pretentious.

Posted by Dougsf on January 2, 2009 at 12:26 PM

"are". Shit.

Posted by Dougsf on January 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM

After I'm dead, I want cute girls to get their pictures taken giving a thumbs-up in front of my tombstone. Do I have to write that into my will, or can I get by just spreading the word around?

Posted by Greg on January 2, 2009 at 12:37 PM

OK wait, I'm totally confused. What does the "latter" in the preface refer to?

Posted by stuck in boston on January 2, 2009 at 12:38 PM

I would so stick it in her pooper

Posted by this might tickle.. on January 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Ah German Pretentiousness...er, Idealism. I totally meant Idealism. That said, she's missing Kant. And Goethe.

Posted by b. jones on January 2, 2009 at 2:16 PM

The death of a philosopher is always grounds for celebration.

Posted by Fnarf on January 2, 2009 at 2:24 PM

So I'm a graduate student, consider myself moderately intelligent, yet I have no idea what this post is about.

Posted by atreu on January 2, 2009 at 3:58 PM

This post is hilarious and wonderful. I am going to run out now, and get my picture taken giving the thumbs up at the graves of all my ideological enemies. Later!

Posted by ams on January 2, 2009 at 9:37 PM

welcome to the wondrous world of chas mudede, atreu@13.

Posted by ellarosa on January 2, 2009 at 9:54 PM

Another pointless blind chicken post by Chas. Merde.

Posted by Concernced Citizen #388093 on January 3, 2009 at 8:46 AM

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