The real question is, why would you assume that philosophers who
philosophize at the end of the world would be aware of their extinction?
Is their program not an attempt to avoid the feelings of this
catastrophe? Philosophers are interested in abstract games that distract
them from reality, they are not interested in reality!
Few
will walk with me into the darkness, into the sorrow of my cave. According to the automation and impulse of life thought is a mistake,
it's the enemy of motion, but this is also why the wise love it. What is
most dangerous? To step outside psychological categories, to step
outside social categories, it seems that the unconscious puts these here
for a reason, nevertheless be brave my discerning one, for the
unconscious is but a reaction, it does not apply intelligence, like a
child it simply tries to calm its fears, consciousness is not condemned
by such automation. Thought has the power to rise above it.
You
can do better. Do you understand what this means? All values are
created. You did not hear it so I must say it again: all values are
created! There is only one difference and that is the difference between
automation, like the child, and consciousness, which amounts to a
determination of intelligence. Values based on knowledge, who ever
thought of such a thing? And yet these are the attributes man is
lacking.
Where there is no future the
philosopher must decide his fate, many give themselves over to hedonism
because they believe this to be a counter to nihilism. It is most
interesting that meaning is not contingent on longevity and yet it
doesn't have to succumb to hedonism. The same is true of logic, it has
never been eternal and yet it is not lacking in value. I do not think
you comprehend this.
If you walk with me
into the darkness I will not give you a candle, but I will tell you that
all light comes from the diligence and resilience of thought. For
thought is something you do not yet comprehend, you think of it as a
phantom, something casual or inconsequential. But if you dare isolate it
you will find the power of man, the tool par excellence unto all that
is advanced, man's only hope in this dark universe.
I
dare you to ask the question of value. I dare you to ask the question
of relevance. As soon as you do all your forms will give way to
substance, which means they will die, they will fall into the abyss of
irrelevance to make room for real power. But Oh my beloved, this death
is necessary for the birth of new forms! You do not yet understand, you
are the replica of culture, until you learn to be critical, dialectical,
you are midnight without a sun.
Any
philosopher that speaks the truth is going to be unpopular. One of the
unspoken lies of philosophy is that sophistication of form proves
quality of content, but this is a violation of the technology of words.
Stop trying to prove your intelligence with words and start using them
intelligently!
Poor child,
you cannot understand why I weep in the moonlight; I am in mourning for
the tragedy which is man, I am in mourning because man's intelligence is
not intelligence, but a form of self-negation, and this is something he
doesn't comprehend.
In order to walk with
me you must be able to bear much sorrow. A good philosopher must travel
to the end through the medium of the negative, only then does he bring
back authentic hope. I give you the Nightmare, for this is what the
philosopher must face if he wants to create a joyful dream!
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