The Ass Arrives

There is a point in every philosophy at which the "conviction" of the philosopher appears on the scene; or, to put it in the words of an ancient mystery:

Adventavit asinus, Pulcher et fortissimus.

Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Part 1, 8

Post-modern Christians

I'm looking forward to Kyle Kupp's series on the interaction (intersection?) of his postmodernism and his Catholicism, the introductory post of which is here. For years, I've been fascinated by the postmodern Mormonism of Clark at Mormon Metaphysics. I suppose in some ways the marriage of postmodernism and Christianity seems perfectly natural: hermeneutics is, after all, a science that arose within Christianity, and it is within any religion based on scripture that the problem of interpretation becomes the most acute. That said, it seems like a postmodern Christian will have to walk on a bit of a tightrope to avoid tearing apart the entire foundation upon which he or she stands. So Kyle's series should be fun to watch.

Clever animals invented knowledge

In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering in innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge. That was the highest and most mendacious minute of "world history"—yet only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths the star grew cold, and the clever animals had to die.

Nietzsche, "On Truth and Lies in an Extramoral Sense"