Gamble of nature
I was a gamble of Nature, a throw of the dice into an uncertain realm, leading perhaps to something new, perhaps to nothing; and to let this throw from the primordial depths take effect, to feel its will inside myself and adopt it completely as my own will: that alone was my vocation.
Will wrote:
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!
Posted 29 Aug 2006 at 10:51 pm ¶
Will wrote:
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.
Posted 29 Aug 2006 at 10:52 pm ¶
Dan wrote:
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.
Posted 30 Aug 2006 at 1:29 am ¶