Friday, 12 December 2008

Erm, mission statement continued?

Yes well I should prabably explain the two lame references on this blog before I go any further, because I could quite easily forget them myself.

Human not human enough is an attack on Nietzsche (there's nothin' he couldn't teach ya!), who had one of his first books, an intriguing collection of aphorisms, entitled "Human all too human". Nietzsche had some great insights on lots of things of varying importance, but one of his guiding beliefs, a disillusionment with human nature mixed with rejection of God and religion, is utterly unacceptable as far as I'm concerned. More on this issue I'm sure will appear in later posts (this is one of few ideas of mine that I'm sure I won't forget), suffice to say that, obviously, all the bits of "human nature" which are bad (and there are a great many, make no mistake) are NOT part of true human nature, i.e. the essence of the human species. True human nature is by definition good, and is principally ruled by empathy, which distinguishes it from any other kind of nature.

The dark fourth is a pathetic take off of Pure Reason Revolution's debut album The Dark Third, my favourite album released since the Beatles.

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