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Bitter Pangs & Violent Passions
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professional rabelaisian,
dehrî, dekadan, épigone & fuorisède.
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"Philosopher, c'est chercher, c'est impliquer qu'il y a des choses à voir et à dire. Or, aujourd'hui, on ne cherche guère. On 'revient' à l'une ou l'autre des traditions, on la 'défend'." Merleau-Ponty.
William S. Burroughs pointing at the bullet holes he shot through Shakespeare's poster.
June 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"l'historien ne doit rien refuser d'entendre" ya da birtakım zemzeme-demdeme debdebeleri no#5: Women in Uzun Hasan's host rode with infants at the pommel of the saddle, held cradles and reins with the left hand, used a whip tied to the right pinky, and even breastfed their babies while on the march.
April 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Tigris flowed ink, the Tigris flowed blood, the Tigris flowed stupidity called civilisation since the dawn of men.
April 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Philosopher, c'est chercher, c'est impliquer qu'il y a des choses à voir et à dire. Or, aujourd'hui, on ne cherche guère. On 'revient' à l'une ou l'autre des traditions, on la 'défend'." Merleau-Ponty.
April 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Let's appreciate another shot of John Cage foraging mushrooms in Grenoble.
April 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Rest in peace beloved 20th-century.
April 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Here is John Cage, casually gathering his mushrooms.
April 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...

Is it a curse or a blessing that emotions were not only experienced within social contexts but also shaped and institutionalised by them as part of broader social structures?
Opinion | The Failed Ideas That Drive Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"He laid all his wisdom at her feet, and told a multitude of things that even the Sidhe have forgotten, and he thought she understood because her beauty was like wisdom." The Secret Rose, Yeats. #author #fiction
January 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"The kind of material that is most subject to censorship is invariably the work of those shops with only one press and which lack regular work." Paris printer, 1647. Quoted in Jane McLeod's Licencing Loyalty.
December 26, 2024 at 4:22 PM
French traveller Bertrandon de la Broquière visiting Ottoman court in Edirne in 1433 noted: "A year ago an Arab came to preach and said that all who drink are breaking the commandments of the Prophet and are not good Muslims, he was immediately thrown into prison and then banished from the country."
December 20, 2024 at 12:58 PM
"l'historien ne doit rien refuser d'entendre" ya da birtakım zemzeme-demdeme debdebeleri no #4: "Le Grand Pan est mort."
September 24, 2023 at 2:51 PM
"l'historien ne doit rien refuser d'entendre" ya da birtakım zemzeme-demdeme debdebeleri no #3: "Şeytan'ın imgesine, Şeytan'ın çirkinliğini iyi temsil ettiğinde, yani çirkin olduğunda, güzel denir." demiş Aziz Bonaventura. Evet, imgenin gerçeklik sadakatinin değer belirlediği günler gerilerde kaldı.
August 22, 2023 at 5:12 PM
my favourite french food by far: la salade des pélerins... Siz de Gargantua gibi salatanızı çatallarken içine gizlenmiş sarıklıları hüpletmek istemez miydiniz?
August 22, 2023 at 4:58 PM
"l'historien ne doit rien refuser d'entendre" ya da birtakım zemzeme-demdeme debdebeleri no#2: rum tabip taronites'in kaydına göre 1355 yılı temmuz ayında ünlü teolog ve esir selanik başpiskoposu aziz palamas, din üzerine ateşli bir tartışmanın ardından orhan bey'in huzurunda gözüne yumruk yemiştir.
August 16, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Mütercim Arif Bey'i rahmetle anmak adına elimdeki Genç Werther'in Acıları başlığını karalayıp Verter-i Civânın İztırâbâtı yazdım. Evet.
August 16, 2023 at 8:37 PM
"iman 450 ışık yılı kadar uzakta da olsa bazıları her türlü gayreti göstererek onu elde eder." hadisi gayet sahih bir hadistir. ama atlas ve pleione'un kızlarını bir miskal gücendirebilir.
August 15, 2023 at 5:07 PM
"l'historien ne doit rien refuser d'entendre" ya da birtakım zemzeme-demdeme debdebeleri no #1: selam olsun reform nefretini çamur yiyerek gösterip katolikliğinde direnen o isviçreli rahibelere!
August 14, 2023 at 10:36 PM