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| Jonathan C. Caitland |
 Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:17 pm |
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"But if we let in all these foreign animals, won't the animals who live in
this forest be upset?" the ass asked.
"Don't worry about that," the snake said. "We'll make them feel guilty for
not liking the idea. Believe me, they're so stupid that they'd rather
destroy themselves than think that they're not as good as they should be."
THE POLITY OF BEASTS
The only TRULY politically incorrect book of its time. |
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| Jonathan C. Caitland |
| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:41 pm |
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before Diversion.
Felix qui potuit... Nihil admirari.
280 kinds of sovereign good in Montaigne.
75. Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[13]
Probability.--It will not be difficult to put the case a stage lower, and
make it appear ridiculous. To begin at the very beginning. What is more
absurd than to say that lifeless bodies have passions, fears, hatreds--that
insensible bodies, lifeless and incapable of life, have passions which
presuppose at least a sensitive soul to feel them, nay more, that the object
of their dread is the void? What is there in the void that could make them
afraid? Nothing is more shallow and ridiculous. This is not all; it is said
that they have in themselves a source of movement to shun the void. Have
they arms, legs, muscles, nerves?
76. To write against those who made too profound a study of science:
Descartes.
77. I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been
quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give a fillip to
set the world in motion; beyond this, he has no further need of God.
78. Descartes useless and uncertain.
79. Descartes.--We must say summarily: "This is made by figure and motion,"
for it is true. But to say what these are, and to compose the machine, is
ridiculous. For it is useless, uncertain, and painful. And were it true, we
do not think all Philosophy is worth one hour of pain.
80. How comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but that a fool does?
Because a cripple recognises that we walk straight, whereas a fool declares
that it is we who are silly; if it were not so, we should feel pity and not
anger.
Epictetus asks still more strongly: "Why are we not angry if we are told
that we have a headache, and why are we angry if we are told that we reason
badly, or choose wrongly"? The reason is that we are quite certain that we
have not a headache, or are not lame, but we are not so sure that we |
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