Why I am not a Philosopher

[Taigaku]

Why I am not a Philosopher


For Heidegger, 'f the
phenomenon
of the "as" remains
covered up, and, above
all, if
its existential source
in the hermeneutical "as" is
veiled, then
Aristotle's phenomenological
approach to the analysis
of the logos
collapses
into
a
s u p e r f i c i a l
"theory of judgement"'

In other words: Basho's frog
jumps
the water sounds

I am

[Taigaku]

Author's comments:

The 1st stanza is in its entirety a quote from the book Barth, Derrida and the Language of Theology by Graham Ward (p 60), where the author quotes Heidegger's Being and Time (p 202)...

The 2nd stanza is a reference to a poem by Basho, the Japanese master of Haiku.

The 3rd stanza merely is.

[Makera]

Great stuff, Taigaku!
Ah, the contrast! The Great Divide, between the 'theory and the 'being'.
Yep, the first part really is obscurum per obscurius;
ever the refuge of those "Who feel not, who know not - but preach!",
as Henry Lawson said so well.






~ Makera

Ref: The Christ of the 'Never', by Henry Lawson (Australian poet; 1867-1922) To read the poem: http://Oldpoetry.com/poetry/21191

[davideo]

Hi Taigaku -Davideo. [You probably went to my site the day Frank was vaporizing half its contents lest some touchy soul sue me for 'copyright infringements'! I think if you tried again, you'd at least see what little remains.Very sorry. I hate that!] I philosophize most of the time, which is deliberate speculation "about" life. But in my 'mystic' period (which extended for about a month, long ago) I observed the futility and egoity of taking a mind half-cocked to the infinitude of life as if the pretense didn't preclude the lucid observation of holiness itself. Know what I mean? When a dude is in the misdst of revery he/she is unlikely to imagine that words might so much as begin to convey a truth of truth's domain. And what would ever be the point of diminishing ecstacy by pretending some diction could sustain sublimity which is always the case amidst which a crazed mind determines to 'understand'. Why, then, seek to understand that your feet are on the ground and the universe is huge?! One couldn't escape the object of philosophy if they jumped off a tall bridge. Life is out to get us, whether we seek to de-code it, deny it or wrap it up for sale.Life, I have heard, is Bliss. All the rest is imagination. [This unsolicited message has been brought to you by someone who doesn't want to go to bed quite this early...]

[Taigaku]

davideo~

Thank you for your thoughts on this subject.

One couldn't escape the object of philosophy if they jumped off a tall bridge. Life is out to get us, whether we seek to de-code it, deny it or wrap it up for sale. Life, I have heard, is Bliss. All the rest is imagination.

Amen to that, brother

My mind, too, gravitates toward philosophy. Still I have to say that academic philosophy can become very anemic and removed from life - especially from the holiness of it.

I try to balance speculation with surrender, thinking with awareness, ego with God.

Because God is more rewarding. Simple as that, really.

Blessings of Peace

~Taigaku