yup.
-'as long as he does not revolve around himself' is a very difficult task to pursue, a lifelong struggle indeed- and especially without the illusionary sun to 'guide' man, he is left only with himself, and his experience (with his experience) of the real. But this is not the inverted world mentioned above, not neccissarily.
" the immediate task of philosophy, which is at the service of history, once the 'holy' form of human self-estrangement has been unmasked, is to unmask human self-estrangement in its unholy forms. " i.e. the realities of and the productive dissociations latent in society, the very 'real' power of the inverted world. This is your job of critique, man, the ever doubting subject.
We came to an interesting impasse here jc, and I do thank Karl Marx for the rhetoric with-which-we-may-pursue-this-enticing-discursive-novelty, and i feel i should apologize for that sentance. moving on,
Many christians, and especially in my mind those vehement fundies / bornagians, who pose this problematic of "as long as he does not revolve around himself" in arguments as an unavoidable, and in their personal cases, nearly life destroying fact of the human condition. This is a hard postion to counter, as thier personal addiction to such a postion is living proof of the dangers of the ability for the individual to define his own reality. And therefore, the respite of an illusionary sun- which offers in the least some position outside oneself, presents a limited reality and one which checks the individual with outside... experience. Not reality. It is further from reality. Although arguably just as inverted as popular culture.
What I am getting at is a greater devotion to oneself, which is, without question, all you've got, as we struggle... "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. " -Albert Einstein
Endless critique.
I feel that the pittfall here, the christian trap, is the choice of doubting oneself and ones environment, or rather giving up and subscribing to a reality bathed by the light of an illusionary sun, a world of faith -what a man wants to believe, rather than wandering and wondering at the endless abyss of reality you can nearly sense.
Such a life as one worth pursuing- giving up this life, for the reality of another, which is yet only (truly and all it can be) an inversion of man, is simply foolish. a waste even, for after you die, there is nothing. There is no I, there is no reality to percieve. Certainly. to believe otherwise is to negate reality, and find faith in what you want to believe...
it is therefore the enlightened goal of man to be endlessly critical of , literally, it all, to constantly challenge and find new positions, and move between these points of perspectives, in order to best challenge reality. this is the essence of the cartesian moment. it is a deamlike state, and at its best lucid, and free... a much preferable reality to one defined by dillusions, for it is one of choice. you may even choose dillusion!
and we still have yet to even delve into the wonders of political economy! we are still just at "I" !! , which is why religion is literally retarded. It only fucks things up after that. I do hope I was literate, and comprehendable, even if I was low on "comprehension"
peace! "Always act according to that maxim whose universality as a law you can at the same time will"- kant
but are you saying then that a mix of organic lines is better than sticking exclusively to one? Its a mix of humboldt and botanicare solely, (not that its a bad thing), but have you tried fox farm's organic products either?
