I want to say something clever about Bukowski, but let me just say that I really enjoyed his work when I first discovered it some 25 years ago, and I think it had a profound impact on me.
Wouldn't be the first time a comment has inspired an idea. In fact, that's gotta be like a top five source for me, I think. These conversations are really valuable to me, even if everyone reading them mostly just rolls their eyes.
If you want to see Voltaire's philosophy in fictional action, as it often was, his well-known novella "Candide" is a blistering indictment of the Enlightenment, subtly disguised as a young man's search for "the best of all possible worlds".
Nice one!
Thanks, Michael! This one came together really quickly too.
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” - Darth Vader
I want to say something clever about Bukowski, but let me just say that I really enjoyed his work when I first discovered it some 25 years ago, and I think it had a profound impact on me.
On tomorrow's episode of Goatfury Writes...
Wouldn't be the first time a comment has inspired an idea. In fact, that's gotta be like a top five source for me, I think. These conversations are really valuable to me, even if everyone reading them mostly just rolls their eyes.
"One man's eye-roll is another man's inspiration." - Jar Jar Binks.
"There's a bathroom on the right"
-CCR
If you want to see Voltaire's philosophy in fictional action, as it often was, his well-known novella "Candide" is a blistering indictment of the Enlightenment, subtly disguised as a young man's search for "the best of all possible worlds".
This is a great callout! This book opened a lot of minds.
That was the idea- M. Arouet always had a point.
From my perspective doubt seeks to be remedied, certainty doesn’t…
I guess my main point is that certainty isn't really a thing, and pretending that it is can be very dangerous.
It seems a “thing”, tho’ a false one…
Shakespeare!
Fascinating discussion
I read Candide years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.