Joseph Polanik the continuing game player
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Bob Guevara wrote:
>> —–Original Message—–
>> From: heidegger-bounces at an-archos.com [mailto:heidegger-bounces@an-
>>archos.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Crifasi
>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:14 AM
>> To: Discussions pertaining to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
>> Subject: Re: Joseph Polanik the continuing game player
>>
>> Evasive answering isn’t the most adolescent attribute for an
>> intellectual. That prize goes to not answering at all. So he’s
>> preferable to some here.
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> Well Anthony, I guess some would think that getting a filling is preferable
> to getting a root canal. Not that your weeks old back-and-forth is audible
> necessarily (can always filter) but it does agitate the space in a sense ….
> no?
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> Not a problem Anthony with one rather clichéd caveat:
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> —-The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again
> and expecting a different outcome.
ouch. Well, not expecting a different outcome, then … just pointing
out what needs to be pointed out. Besides, every parent knows that it
takes years (decades?)
On a side note, I’ve always noted the higher percentage of philosophers
who are childless (and even un-hitched, divorced, and just plain
unmarried) compared to the general population. I don’t have any stats -
just two eyes plus years of time around them. I wonder if that’s a
symptom of precisely the fact that marriage and parenthood are the
opposite of philosophy, *including* the Heideggerian brand? I.E.,
immersion in everydayness (and being damn happy about it) when
philosophy demands the opposite? And if so, then can we do a reversal
(like Heidegger’s on Husserl, only this time on Heidegger’s brand) and
say instead that the heart has reasons that Dasein can’t
phenomenologically unfold? (at least, not as Dasein)
After that, it’s only a short step to findin’ religion. Which is
probably a second reason why most philosophers are childless,
un-hitched, divorced, and just plain unmarried. Nietzsche wasn’t wrong
in connecting the two.
