Saturday, April 15, 2006
An excellent discussion of Leo Strauss from La Trobe University's (Melbourne) student radio. Unlike so many others who have taken a facile attitude that Straussian is a synonym from Machiavellian, the hosts on this show have actually spent some time reading his texts, can situate his ideas in their proper context, and have some thoughtful comments.
Which reminds me that I should post the central esoteric passage from The Closing of the American Mind one of these days. ¶ 8:03 AM
Which reminds me that I should post the central esoteric passage from The Closing of the American Mind one of these days. ¶ 8:03 AM
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On page 208, it concludes with:
"The revelation that philosophy finds nothingness in the end of its quest informs the new philosopher that mythmaking must be his central concern in order to make a world."
"Only a god can save us", or Phanes redux.
"The revelation that philosophy finds nothingness in the end of its quest informs the new philosopher that mythmaking must be his central concern in order to make a world."
"Only a god can save us", or Phanes redux.
Try William Blake:
All Religions are One
The Voice of one crying in the Wilderness
The Argument. As the true method of knowledge is experiment, the true faculty of knowing must be the faculty which experiences. This faculty I treat of.
Principle I. That the Poetic Genius is the true Man, and that the body or outward form of Man is derived from the Poetic Genius. Likewise that the forms of all things are derived from their Genius, which by the Ancients was call'd an Angel & Spirit & Demon.
Principle II. As all men are alike in outward form, So (and with the same infinite variety) all are alike in the Poetic Genius.
Principle III. No man can think, write or speak from his heart, but he must intend truth. thus all sects of Philosophy are from the Poetic Genius adapted to the weaknesses of every individual.
Principle IV. As none by travelling over known lands can find out the unknown, So from already acquired knowledge Man could not acquire more; therefore an universal Poetic genius exists.
Principle V. The Religions of all Nations are derived from each Nation's different reception of the Poetic Genius, which is every where call'd the Spirit of Prophecy.
Principle VI. The Jewish & Christian Testaments are An original derivation from the Poetic Genius. This is necessary from the confined nature of bodily sensation.
Principle VII. As all men are alike (tho' infinitely various), So all Religions , &, as all similars, have one source. The true Man is the source, he being the Poetic Genius.
http://www.newi.ac.uk/rdover/blake/allrels1.htm
Then go on to the book of Thel.
All Religions are One
The Voice of one crying in the Wilderness
The Argument. As the true method of knowledge is experiment, the true faculty of knowing must be the faculty which experiences. This faculty I treat of.
Principle I. That the Poetic Genius is the true Man, and that the body or outward form of Man is derived from the Poetic Genius. Likewise that the forms of all things are derived from their Genius, which by the Ancients was call'd an Angel & Spirit & Demon.
Principle II. As all men are alike in outward form, So (and with the same infinite variety) all are alike in the Poetic Genius.
Principle III. No man can think, write or speak from his heart, but he must intend truth. thus all sects of Philosophy are from the Poetic Genius adapted to the weaknesses of every individual.
Principle IV. As none by travelling over known lands can find out the unknown, So from already acquired knowledge Man could not acquire more; therefore an universal Poetic genius exists.
Principle V. The Religions of all Nations are derived from each Nation's different reception of the Poetic Genius, which is every where call'd the Spirit of Prophecy.
Principle VI. The Jewish & Christian Testaments are An original derivation from the Poetic Genius. This is necessary from the confined nature of bodily sensation.
Principle VII. As all men are alike (tho' infinitely various), So all Religions , &, as all similars, have one source. The true Man is the source, he being the Poetic Genius.
http://www.newi.ac.uk/rdover/blake/allrels1.htm
Then go on to the book of Thel.
I disagree with this one:
"Principle IV. As none by travelling over known lands can find out the unknown. So from already acquired knowledge Man could not acquire more; therefore an universal Poetic genius exists."
It by questioning the famliar, that the how much is presumed, but little understood is revealed.
I submit William Carlos Williams's Red Wheelbarrow:
"so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow"
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"Principle IV. As none by travelling over known lands can find out the unknown. So from already acquired knowledge Man could not acquire more; therefore an universal Poetic genius exists."
It by questioning the famliar, that the how much is presumed, but little understood is revealed.
I submit William Carlos Williams's Red Wheelbarrow:
"so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow"
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