tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003509579891956308.post399489892689985959..comments2023-05-20T02:38:57.136-07:00Comments on Zurau Aphorisms: Number One Hundred and FiveMichael Ciscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07041771707198204460noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003509579891956308.post-57535268854673903772013-01-15T15:21:48.452-08:002013-01-15T15:21:48.452-08:00This reminds me of what I have read recently of th...This reminds me of what I have read recently of the philosophy of Empedocles. I read the intepretation of his work made by Peter Kingsley in his book, Reality. Kingsley says that traditional interpretations of the cosmology of Empedocles are wrong: Love does not equal good, and strife does not equal evil. Rather, love is what puts us under a spell, and strife is what breaks that spell. Love, in this case, would correspond to permanence, strife to change. However, isn't Kafka's suggestion that you will be seduced into believing what is changing is, in fact, permanent? I find this aphorism especially intriguing. Quentin S. Crisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503918134359271998noreply@blogger.com