Not P but Moby-Dick (15)

[Ian Livingston]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel

The formula for a flywheel's mechanical effectiveness provides a nice
framework for Ahab's "madness maddened." Power increased by magnitude, like
riding a 10 speed bicycle.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 1:56 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> If madness can be doubled or squared---as in "madness maddened"---then
> stepping down
> from that, simple madness leaves enough mental space---so to speak---to
> comprehend itself.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 9:44 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From Chapter 37:
> >
> > What I’ve dared, I’ve willed; and what I’ve willed, I’ll do! They think
> me
> > mad—Starbuck does; but I’m demoniac, I am madness maddened! That wild
> > madness that’s only calm to comprehend itself! The prophecy was that I
> > should be dismembered; and—Aye! I lost this leg. I now prophesy that I
> will
> > dismember my dismemberer.
> >
> > What does "That wild madness that’s only calm to comprehend itself" mean?
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