There is nothing more absurd than living while remembering eternity, in other words, always having timelessness in mind while existing on the temporal scale. The eternal eliminates time; there is no contingency that is not dissolved in its scale. And so there can be nothing more unnatural than meditating on it when the structure of life, at every step, in every detail, is the opposite of it. Unnatural, absurd; and necessary, because this is the only way to overcome the illusion of the previous argument. We exist on the time scale: very well, very well; and only that?
Tag: philosophy
What Is Most Discouraging…
What is most discouraging is to see that, in the end, the dream of stability is vain… There will always be a day when, for unknown reasons, the world dawns sour, disruptive, unpleasant, and then effort, progress and reason will be questioned. And the conclusion will always be the same, that there is only full stability in what does not move, that life is antagonistic to peace…
How Difficult It Is to Create Positive Work!
How difficult it is to create positive work! The easiest thing to do is always to let negative impressions lead you down the opposite path… and, worse still, when taking this opposite path, this path of the greatest effort, it often seems that the stamina is lacking, the reasoning fails and the result comes out as shocking, unsatisfactory. This unfortunate inclination can only be overcome with a lot of patience and willpower…
The Hard Part Is Noticing That…
The hard part is noticing that, despite all the planning, this strange force always returns and manifests itself, pushing us in an unforeseen, if not previously rejected direction. Accepting it with respect, integrating it and even valuing it is an extremely difficult task; without doing so, however, no progress is made and nothing is understood.