merci, Arni
someone borrowed my bucket and left a hole behind some time ago
existential that: absence
which holy buckfit brings to mind Morgenstern's sandwich, and the wrapper
that dreamed itself God
space, time and divinity, after the sandwich has gone
david
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From: Árni Ibsen <[log in to unmask]>
To: david.bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>; brit poets
<[log in to unmask]>; erminia UKOnline <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: De Sade's manners of thinking
> At 3:25 27.8.2000, david.bircumshaw wrote:
> >erminia wrote, quoted
> >
> >> "The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind."
> >
> >What's that one about (by) Beckett, that he "couldn't forgive God for not
> >existing. The bastard!"
>
>
> It's from Beckett's ENDGAME (Fin de partie). Clov discovers a rat in the
> kitchen and only manages to half-exterminate it. Hamm asks if the rat can
> get away. Clov answers, 'No.' So Hamm says: 'You'll finish him later. Let
> us pray to God.' All four characters then proceed to attempt a prayer, but
> fail. In conclusion Hamm says: 'The bastard! He doesn't exist!' This is on
> p. 37-38 in the old Faber edition.
>
> Arni
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