Yes, it feels like anarchism acts as a firewall against everything, both
good and bad. Its a philosophy which needs an enemy to fight against. An
emergency, last ditch, part time ism maybe?

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Amir Taaki <amir@???> wrote:

>
> "
> For Nietzsche, Socrates was an ugly, hyper-rational dialectician; in a
> word he's a pleb. Nietzsche believed when a culture's sensibilities turn
> to reason, logic and specialised fields of knowledge for Truths about
> the world it is actually a sign of intellectual and spiritual decay.
>
> The problem with privileging Reason, Logic, Dialectical essences etc. in
> the pursuit of knowledge is they uproot a culture from traditional
> values, conventional meaning structures, high art forms, healthy rituals
> and myths etc., because none of those things can be rationally
> justified. Plus dialectical thinking has a bias for detached abstract
> thought processes. That is why it ushers in a metaphysical way of seeing
> that severs ties from the instincts, deeper intuitions and even nature
> herself.
>
> Today we are facing very similar problems with our abstract
> individualism, opposition to nature, broken historical ties etc. There
> are no real philosophical Truths mediated via any of the classical
> metaphysical ideas today -- we are ruled by the opinions of the masses.
> There are no high arts to speak of, no true love for the humanities and
> crude desires masquerade as moral truths and rights etc. What a mess!
> "
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