…the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light…—Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) September 24, 2021
"But where is everybody?"—Enrico Fermihttps://t.co/ZByk8FjQTz
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Light and dark
This reminds me of the question we considered in class on Thursday: What do we think about Nabokov's "common sense" view of our predicament, our "cradle above the abyss," our "brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness"? And also of "the truest vision of life I know, that bird in the Venerable Bede that flutters from the dark into a lighted hall, and after a while flutters out again into the dark"...
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I believe the claim that we’re only given a few years before we go back into darkness is mistaken. Each of us, at least a part of us, wants to live forever. Now, will we? I believe so, but that’s another argument for another day. I want to add, though, that happiness is only maintained if it pursues an everlasting good. If nothing is everlasting, how could anyone ever be fulfilled forever?
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