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4.3 Ascesis does not entail the renunciation of living as such, only the renunciation of forms-of-living which are incompatible with the occasioning form-of-living.
4.3.1 Far from a renunciation of living, ascesis is lived out of a devotion to and concern for living.
4.3.1 Far from a renunciation of living, ascesis is lived out of a devotion to and concern for living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
4.3 Ascesis does not entail the renunciation of living as such, only the renunciation of forms-of-living which are incompatible with the occasioning form-of-living.
4.3.1 Far from a renunciation of living, ascesis is lived out of a devotion to and concern for living.
4.3.1 Far from a renunciation of living, ascesis is lived out of a devotion to and concern for living.
4.2 In ascesis, the renunciation of a form-of-living is secondary to the living of the lived-experience necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
4.2 In ascesis, the renunciation of a form-of-living is secondary to the living of the lived-experience necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable.
4.1 Insofar as the occasioning form-of-living is incompatible with other forms-of-living, ascesis necessarily entails the renunciation of those incompatible forms-of-living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
4.1 Insofar as the occasioning form-of-living is incompatible with other forms-of-living, ascesis necessarily entails the renunciation of those incompatible forms-of-living.
4 Two forms-of-living can be said to be 'incompatible' to the extent that the lived-experience which is necessary to render one form-of-living livable also renders the other unlivable.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
4 Two forms-of-living can be said to be 'incompatible' to the extent that the lived-experience which is necessary to render one form-of-living livable also renders the other unlivable.
3.3 There are not ascetic forms-of-living and non-ascetic forms-of-living; rather, a form-of-living is only ascetic to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived-experience necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3.3 There are not ascetic forms-of-living and non-ascetic forms-of-living; rather, a form-of-living is only ascetic to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived-experience necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable.
3.2 In ascesis, the lived-experience which is necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable is lived through the living of already-livable forms-of-living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3.2 In ascesis, the lived-experience which is necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable is lived through the living of already-livable forms-of-living.
3 A form-of-living is here considered ‘ascetic’ to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived-experience necessary to render a formerly unlivable form-of-living livable.
3.1 Thus, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable form-of-living.
3.1 Thus, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable form-of-living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3 A form-of-living is here considered ‘ascetic’ to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived-experience necessary to render a formerly unlivable form-of-living livable.
3.1 Thus, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable form-of-living.
3.1 Thus, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable form-of-living.
1 For each form-of-living, there is a lived-experience which is – or lived-experiences which are – necessary to render it livable.
2 Lived-experience is lived in living.
2 Lived-experience is lived in living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
1 For each form-of-living, there is a lived-experience which is – or lived-experiences which are – necessary to render it livable.
2 Lived-experience is lived in living.
2 Lived-experience is lived in living.
4.3.1 Far from a renunciation of living, ascesis is lived out of a devotion to and concern for living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
4.3.1 Far from a renunciation of living, ascesis is lived out of a devotion to and concern for living.
4.3 Ascesis does not entail the renunciation of living as such, only the renunciation of forms-of-living which are incompatible with the occasioning form-of-living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
4.3 Ascesis does not entail the renunciation of living as such, only the renunciation of forms-of-living which are incompatible with the occasioning form-of-living.
4.2 In ascesis, the renunciation of a form-of-living is secondary to the living of the lived-experience necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
4.2 In ascesis, the renunciation of a form-of-living is secondary to the living of the lived-experience necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable.
4.1 Insofar as the occasioning form-of-living is incompatible with other forms-of-living, ascesis necessarily entails the renunciation of those incompatible forms-of-living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
4.1 Insofar as the occasioning form-of-living is incompatible with other forms-of-living, ascesis necessarily entails the renunciation of those incompatible forms-of-living.
4 Two forms-of-living can be said to be 'incompatible' to the extent that the lived-experience which is necessary to render one form-of-living livable also renders the other unlivable.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
4 Two forms-of-living can be said to be 'incompatible' to the extent that the lived-experience which is necessary to render one form-of-living livable also renders the other unlivable.
3.3 There are not ascetic forms-of-living and non-ascetic forms-of-living; rather, a form-of-living is only ascetic to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived-experience necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
3.3 There are not ascetic forms-of-living and non-ascetic forms-of-living; rather, a form-of-living is only ascetic to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived-experience necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable.
3.2 In ascesis, the lived-experience which is necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable is lived through the living of already-livable forms-of-living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
3.2 In ascesis, the lived-experience which is necessary to render the occasioning form-of-living livable is lived through the living of already-livable forms-of-living.
3 A form-of-living is here considered ‘ascetic’ to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived-experience necessary to render a formerly unlivable form-of-living livable.
3.1 Thus, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable form-of-living.
3.1 Thus, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable form-of-living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
3 A form-of-living is here considered ‘ascetic’ to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived-experience necessary to render a formerly unlivable form-of-living livable.
3.1 Thus, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable form-of-living.
3.1 Thus, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable form-of-living.
1 For each form-of-living, there is a lived-experience which is – or lived-experiences which are – necessary to render it livable.
2 Lived-experience is lived in living.
2 Lived-experience is lived in living.
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
1 For each form-of-living, there is a lived-experience which is – or lived-experiences which are – necessary to render it livable.
2 Lived-experience is lived in living.
2 Lived-experience is lived in living.
but, there is a sense in which the flock precedes the shepherd (as it is handed down to them from their ancestors) and will continue to exist after them (as they, too, pass it on). Likewise, it is the primary source of life for the shepherd.
What is a god if not a life-giving, everlasting entity?
What is a god if not a life-giving, everlasting entity?
January 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
but, there is a sense in which the flock precedes the shepherd (as it is handed down to them from their ancestors) and will continue to exist after them (as they, too, pass it on). Likewise, it is the primary source of life for the shepherd.
What is a god if not a life-giving, everlasting entity?
What is a god if not a life-giving, everlasting entity?
flocks are not only sacred to them, but that the sheep and goats are their gods. Longus writes of Chloe: "νομίζουσα τὰς αἶγας καὶ τὰ πρόβατα ποιμένων καὶ αἰπόλων ἰδίους θεούς." [thinking that goats and sheep are the gods proper to those who shepherd them].
Although this point isn't expanded on...
Although this point isn't expanded on...
January 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
flocks are not only sacred to them, but that the sheep and goats are their gods. Longus writes of Chloe: "νομίζουσα τὰς αἶγας καὶ τὰ πρόβατα ποιμένων καὶ αἰπόλων ἰδίους θεούς." [thinking that goats and sheep are the gods proper to those who shepherd them].
Although this point isn't expanded on...
Although this point isn't expanded on...
swear a second oath, as she doesn't think Pan offers the best model of committed love. What I find interesting is that she doesn't recommend some other deity to serve as his witness, but instead asks him to swear on their flocks. The book ends with a reflection that for them, as shepherds, their ...
January 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
swear a second oath, as she doesn't think Pan offers the best model of committed love. What I find interesting is that she doesn't recommend some other deity to serve as his witness, but instead asks him to swear on their flocks. The book ends with a reflection that for them, as shepherds, their ...
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“Foolishness, anxiety (“heartbreak”), fear, and fright which I constantly experience in my body, in my flesh…”
A man describes his symptoms to the sun god Shamash in ancient Assyria.
He then exports his experience onto a figurine he has made as part of the treatment. “It is removed from my body!”
A man describes his symptoms to the sun god Shamash in ancient Assyria.
He then exports his experience onto a figurine he has made as part of the treatment. “It is removed from my body!”
January 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“Foolishness, anxiety (“heartbreak”), fear, and fright which I constantly experience in my body, in my flesh…”
A man describes his symptoms to the sun god Shamash in ancient Assyria.
He then exports his experience onto a figurine he has made as part of the treatment. “It is removed from my body!”
A man describes his symptoms to the sun god Shamash in ancient Assyria.
He then exports his experience onto a figurine he has made as part of the treatment. “It is removed from my body!”
which would be required to live in the mountains.
This situation is somewhat reversed later in the film, when the character who said "only you city folks call it nature", discusses the insufficiency of the dialect spoken in the mountains with respect to describing emotion.
This situation is somewhat reversed later in the film, when the character who said "only you city folks call it nature", discusses the insufficiency of the dialect spoken in the mountains with respect to describing emotion.
January 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
which would be required to live in the mountains.
This situation is somewhat reversed later in the film, when the character who said "only you city folks call it nature", discusses the insufficiency of the dialect spoken in the mountains with respect to describing emotion.
This situation is somewhat reversed later in the film, when the character who said "only you city folks call it nature", discusses the insufficiency of the dialect spoken in the mountains with respect to describing emotion.