Heidegger

In article , Michael Eldred writes
>Cologne 05-Dec-2006
>
>That Pete schrieb Mon, 4 Dec 2006 06:56:45 -0800 (PST):
>
>> — Peter King wrote:
>> > my doctor tells me that ‘my tide is going out’ and that ‘I’m a drifter’. Can
>> > any of you tell me what he’s going on about. I mean what the fuck is a ‘a
>> > drifter’?
>> >
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>> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:20:45 +0800
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>> This message is a temporal drifter.
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>> Pete, helpful
>>
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>ME: A raft from a shipwreck is drifting without anchor and without direction on
>the high
>seas. To have sense is to take a direction.
>

I’ve always thought that the raft of the Medusa is a great metaphor for
human life in general.
–
Philip Baker

Posted on Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
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