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Category: Citations & Paraphrases

The biggest enemy of humankind

J.J. Rousseau said that the first man that fenced a piece of land and called it his own is the biggest enemy of humankind. But, in my opinion, the bigger one is Philo T. Farnsworth, the man that invented TV.

Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009Wednesday January 25th, 2023Categories Citations & Paraphrases, Random ThoughtsTags Enemy, Humankind, Property, TVLeave a comment on The biggest enemy of humankind

Defeats

Thomas M. Disch: That man did not know about defeats: he did not recognize them.

Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009Wednesday January 25th, 2023Categories Citations & Paraphrases, Random ThoughtsTags Defeat, RecognitionLeave a comment on Defeats

Knowledge

Thomas M. Disch, in “Camp Concentration” says that knowledge proportionally loses its value by becoming more and more accepted. This is one correct observation.

Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009Wednesday January 25th, 2023Categories Citations & Paraphrases, Random ThoughtsTags Books, Knowledge, ReadingLeave a comment on Knowledge

Canetti

Elias Canetti says, in “Auto-Da-Fe”, that “mental illness is a consequence of egoism”. How come we all aren’t locked up then? Or perhaps we are, considering that the World is one big madhouse?

Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009Thursday January 26th, 2023Categories Citations & Paraphrases, Random ThoughtsTags Canetti, Illness, Mad, MentalLeave a comment on Canetti

Drunkard

The song says: “Better to be drunk, than old”. Whatever then could be said about the old drunkard: is he a positive zero?

Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009Thursday January 26th, 2023Categories Citations & Paraphrases, Random ThoughtsTags Drinking, Old, PersonalLeave a comment on Drunkard

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