Comments | femme_letale: Fragments of knowledge #2

femme_letale

Fragments of knowledge #2

Nov 17, 2006 11:57

One of the certainties of life is that the repressed always returns.

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nicolasix November 17 2006, 13:01:42 UTC

i feared as much.

femme_letale November 17 2006, 16:04:18 UTC

Does the fact that is a certainty alleviate your fear?

nicolasix November 17 2006, 16:09:28 UTC

nope. i'm all for hiding from things rather than dealing with them!

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femme_letale November 17 2006, 16:03:28 UTC

Sadly. Indeed, I have to agree. However, I still don't undertand why we can't learn when we know it is a certainty. It's so D'Oh!

signicure November 17 2006, 20:40:53 UTC

I read an essay recently that analyzed Nietzsche's influence on psychoanalysis. They likened his eternal recurrence to the repetition-compulsion and suggested that Freud was probably more familiar with Nietzsche than he would've liked to admit.

bibermx November 19 2006, 23:57:35 UTC

This is a pearl of wisdom.Yes,it returns with a vengeance,and for the most part we are helpless,like little puppies ,at the sheer force of it.
But,how to deal with this? Well,the most direct way is to confront it,face to face,but few people have the stamina to do that.
Better to use the circle,the endless roaming of past dangers behind our back, and assume the certainty of it...(and learn to enjoy it...;)