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Jun 21, 2006 04:28

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anonymous June 21 2006, 22:58:09 UTC
Ok, you sold me. What Michel Houellebecq novel should I buy first?

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autopoetic June 21 2006, 22:58:45 UTC
sorry, that was me

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meshaselimovic June 22 2006, 00:40:31 UTC
you:
'whatever' (i have it) is pure pain and negativity.
'elementary particles' is predecessor of 'possibility of an island' and has that type of humour. both are amazing.
'platform' is as close as he can come to be writing about love.
so all are great. the only thing i mind is: 'whatever' is not nearly as funny as others.

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anonymous June 23 2006, 11:03:14 UTC
What do you think of Soren Kierkegaard? I personally find that all of the greatness of Nietzsche without his flaws can be found in Kierkegaard.

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meshaselimovic June 24 2006, 16:19:48 UTC
corey?
major (and only flaw i can observe) of kierkegaard can be found in the ending of 'diary of a seducer'. retelling: he stalks her for the first 1/3 of the book. he seduces her family, and thus her, for the second 1/3. they organise a wedding for the last 1/3. and the mistake is: he asks her to elope in the last pages, fucks her and leaves her. in order to devote himself to higher things.
he presupposes necessity of distance from female depression (as in female mode of behaviour, to say it in zizekian terms) in order to be able to achieve noble (manly) things. that is the only way for him.

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lqdblckdrkvpr June 28 2006, 00:01:20 UTC
this has nothing to do with your post, but there is a bicycle shop going out of business on Gerrard st. E. just west of Pape . . . so there might be a good place to *legally* acquire a new bicycle.

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