New Spirits - Reading Deleuze in India
Consciousness only exists in connection with other consciousness
I have been thinking about Marx for so many years. Who hasn't? The idea of an equal and solidary community, free of ideological superstructures or irrational will-o'-the-wisps. A world that knows only matter and sees in it a scientific, progressive movement. Their goal? A world in which humanity is perfect, i.e. harmonious, [...]
Cézanne drew and painted Mont St. Victoire over 80 times. From different perspectives, but essentially just the mountain. This mountain has been there for a very long time, it exists in another time. The fruit fly has one day to live, then it's all over. If we extend our time horizon, we think in generations. A [...]
Hoday I heard a quote from Sri Aurobindo. He said that each of us has several selves. That was clear to me. It has been my experience for decades that the different aspects of a personality are many and that the idea of a subjective identity is a construction. I always saw the principles of construction as ideological, which [...]
Ahen I was a teenager, I had lost my heart to someone who lived in Rome. I traveled to the Eternal City with no money, no plan, it was supposed to be a surprise. That went somewhat wrong. We ate a pizza together, otherwise I had a lot of time to myself. I spent many hours on one of the hills [...]
Ahen I returned 'home' from India for the first time, I looked at my library and saw that almost nothing in it interested me anymore. What had happened? What is in this library and what is not? My library is that of a philosopher and art historian who has taught in Europe and the USA. It contains many [...]
SI approach big topics with small texts, is that possible? The Mediterranean region is the birthplace of monotheism - Judaism, Christianity, Islam. India is the birthplace of Hinduism. Countless gods are thought of here, or the absence of God, or the universality of the divine, depending on which of the numerous strands you follow. Two principles are [...]
II grew up in the country where cars were invented. The roads and cars here seem safe, or at least everything is done to make them safe. The accident is anticipated, the risk is calculated, possible collisions are calculated and the damage is minimized through modular design, so they say. We want to be prepared for everything, here. [...]
In Europe, we have an idea of enlightenment as something where an individual recognizes that he or she lives under externally imposed constraints. It is then a matter of overcoming these constraints and placing oneself under a greater law. A light comes on and shines in all the dark corners, so that what is not yet [...]
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