Difficult Books/phenomenology/M&D

[Phillip Greenlief]

from the reverend cherrychoke:

"After years wasted (...) at perfecting a parsonical Disguise, -grown old in the service of an Impersonation that never took more than a handful of actor's tricks, -past remembering those Yearnings for Danger, past all that ought to have been, but never had a Hope of becoming, have I beach'd upon these Republican Shores,- stoven, dismantled, imbecile with age, - an untrustworthy Remembrancer for whom the few events yet rattling within a broken memory must provide the only comfort now remaining to him,-"

reads to me like proust isn't the only writer referred to on these threads that is linked to existential phenomenology .... 

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On Aug 9, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

As above, so below.....

From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Prashant Kumar <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com> 
Cc: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Difficult Books

I've got Phenomenology of Spirit on the shelf, but haven't yet
gathered the courage to crack it open.  I've been told that one should
start with an overview of the history of philosophy before taking on
Hegel or Heidegger...

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Prashant Kumar
<siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Seconded. Heidegger and Hegel aren't really "reads", no? I haven't touched
> Being and Time, but I tried some Phenomenology of Spirit but people tell me
> it's a year in grad school.


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