anarchist miracle

[Ian Livingston]

I, in my peri-marxist / psychoanalytic bias, see the important difference
between the two in Spinoza's adherence to his pantheistic heresy in spite
of it's putting him in the position of working himself to death by
silicosis, in opposition to Leibniz' church-supported comparative luxury in
the academy. The fact of their temporal contiguity has about the same
importance in my reckoning as does their geographical proximity. Leibniz'
vision of the eternal anarchist choir seems to reflect, maybe, the man's
longing for individual freedom of ideas, whereas Spinoza's view of the
inherent unity of things in nature may reflect an ideal yearning for
belonging. I wonder if either encountered the writings of the other, given
the different circles in which they moved? The relation of Plato to
Aristotle is one of direct lineage.

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:35 AM, <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:

> I was thinking that their respective "sand castles" are of the
> distinctively humanoid type of construction, and therefore, rather than
> credit them with revealing "eternal truths" beyond the ravages of Time,
> which might have been the tendency in the past, those constuctions reveal
> more about how relative even the most refined of our abstractions are. We
> are stuck in history- unique and contingent. Time is real and not
> completely generalizeable. Similarity not Identity rules the day.
> Otherwise, it's too easy to exclude the middle between two less than
> perfect premises. Or so it seems to me. Mavbe I lean towards Aristotle?
> Determined anarchy?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> To: bandwraith bandwraith at aol.com,
> Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Sat, Feb 9, 2013 12:57 am
> Subject: Re: anarchist miracle
>
> Your question of chicken/egg presupposes reaction. But which side is the
> rebel or the defender?  I think times make neither more than sand. Context
> is ultimately Time.
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