Atlas Shrugged. I read that so many years ago and last week DGS bought a copy. I asked him how he had come to buy that book and what he knew about Ayn Rand. Turns out he became interested in the book because a computer game referenced it - no great philosophical intent at all. But as we talked about the book and I mentioned how many people it had influenced, we then turned naturally to philosophy and philosophers. Hmmm - so now I'm refreshing my memory of all I've learned about Plato, Socrates, etc. However, at this point in my life I only have so many brain cells functioning and I can feel each and every one of them constricting as I try to ponder stuff I left years ago. What is real? What is truth? Knowledge? Philosophy promotes endless discussions and I can see where we're headed. I gave up navel gazing eons ago but DGS is just discovering life. Ah, the young.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Discoveries
My Sam
Atlas Shrugged. I read that so many years ago and last week DGS bought a copy. I asked him how he had come to buy that book and what he knew about Ayn Rand. Turns out he became interested in the book because a computer game referenced it - no great philosophical intent at all. But as we talked about the book and I mentioned how many people it had influenced, we then turned naturally to philosophy and philosophers. Hmmm - so now I'm refreshing my memory of all I've learned about Plato, Socrates, etc. However, at this point in my life I only have so many brain cells functioning and I can feel each and every one of them constricting as I try to ponder stuff I left years ago. What is real? What is truth? Knowledge? Philosophy promotes endless discussions and I can see where we're headed. I gave up navel gazing eons ago but DGS is just discovering life. Ah, the young.
Atlas Shrugged. I read that so many years ago and last week DGS bought a copy. I asked him how he had come to buy that book and what he knew about Ayn Rand. Turns out he became interested in the book because a computer game referenced it - no great philosophical intent at all. But as we talked about the book and I mentioned how many people it had influenced, we then turned naturally to philosophy and philosophers. Hmmm - so now I'm refreshing my memory of all I've learned about Plato, Socrates, etc. However, at this point in my life I only have so many brain cells functioning and I can feel each and every one of them constricting as I try to ponder stuff I left years ago. What is real? What is truth? Knowledge? Philosophy promotes endless discussions and I can see where we're headed. I gave up navel gazing eons ago but DGS is just discovering life. Ah, the young.
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I bought Atlas Shrugged again last year thinking I could recapture something....what I don't know. The book is in a book basket. Your subtle message maybe not even intended.....Cats rule over books sometimes!
I did think there was something regal about her pose - she never ceases to amaze me. I'm sorry to be discovering the joy of cats so late in life but glad to be discovering.
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