Scott writes:
<< A certain kind of calm pervades philosophy; poets
> are
> often aggitated (Rimbaud, Plath).
Wittgenstein, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Rousseau,
Abelard... hardly calm characters
>>
Scott, I should have said but "A certain kind of calm
pervades philosophy; poetry is often agitated."
Distinguishing between the written documents (texts) of
philosophers and poets. Someone quoted Baudelaire, which
makes me think of a bit by Rimbaud: I began to think of the chaos
of my mind as sacred. Nevertheless, I knew the moment I
started generalizing I would get tripped up.
I have great respect for the field of philosophy and I certainly
don't think poets should turn away from the subject.
Yet there will be a continual rub between the two enterprises
because of our ways and means and ends are often, but
not always, different.
Finnegan
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