Comments on: Gamble of nature http://acandystore.org/books/archives/2006/08/29/gamble-of-nature Overheard in a library Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Dan http://acandystore.org/books/archives/2006/08/29/gamble-of-nature#comment-20 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:29:56 +0000 http://acandystore.org/books/archives/2006/08/29/gamble-of-nature#comment-20 Is flowery language inappropriate for old ideas? Rand and Nietzsche aren't on my list right now, but Glass Bead Game is steadily approaching. Steppenwolf was about _having_ a sense of humor. Is flowery language inappropriate for old ideas?

Rand and Nietzsche aren’t on my list right now, but Glass Bead Game is steadily approaching.

Steppenwolf was about _having_ a sense of humor.

]]> by: Will http://acandystore.org/books/archives/2006/08/29/gamble-of-nature#comment-19 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:52:11 +0000 http://acandystore.org/books/archives/2006/08/29/gamble-of-nature#comment-19 And earnest. No sense of humor at all in any of those three. Which is a shame, because Siddhartha sort of had one, and I've heard Steppenwolf and Glass Bead Game do too. And earnest. No sense of humor at all in any of those three. Which is a shame, because Siddhartha sort of had one, and I’ve heard Steppenwolf and Glass Bead Game do too.

]]> by: Will http://acandystore.org/books/archives/2006/08/29/gamble-of-nature#comment-18 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:51:14 +0000 http://acandystore.org/books/archives/2006/08/29/gamble-of-nature#comment-18 What purple prose in these excerpts from Demian. These are ancient ideas, but spoken with a deep feeling of being bold, original, striving, strong, independent, and macho. Do me a favor and /don't/ read any Rand or especially Nietzsche any time soon-- I'd hate to see this blog go /that/ far in this direction! What purple prose in these excerpts from Demian. These are ancient ideas, but spoken with a deep feeling of being bold, original, striving, strong, independent, and macho. Do me a favor and /don’t/ read any Rand or especially Nietzsche any time soon– I’d hate to see this blog go /that/ far in this direction!

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