POMO MO and Curly

jonathan schultz jonathanschultz at worldnet.att.net
Sat Oct 9 19:22:43 CDT 1999


"Poets treat their experiences shamelessly: they exploit them."

-Nietzsche

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> From: Terrance F. Flaherty <Lycidas at worldnet.att.net>
> To: JBFRAME at aol.com
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: POMO MO and Curly
> Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 12:42 PM
> 
> 
> 
> JBFRAME at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > In a message dated 10/09/1999 12:21:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > jonathanschultz at worldnet.att.net writes:
> > 
> > << Tis neither here nor there to me who or what Heidegger really was. 
I
> >  freely admit that he is a vital part of the great western tradition of
> >  philosophical reasoning.  One, and this may only be over libations
among
> >  friends apparantly, could consider how much support Heidegger might
sway
> >  towards Buchanan's camp if he was alive and American right now.
> >   >>
> > 
> > I should remind everyone that the Grass novel _Dog Years_ has
Heidegger's
> > philosophy as almost a character.
> > 
> > jbf
> 
> Why do poets insist on putting philosophers in hell or
> limbo? Grass also insists that the only way to stay out of
> hell is to tell stories. Some philosophers also put
> philosophers in hell. Do any philosophers put Poets in hell? 
> 
> TF



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