What did he mean by this?
>>9296926
Individually all the seemingly unrelated aspects and events occurring in the realm of existence may seem insignificant or downright chaotic, but once you look at them within the overarching scope of a mythos (masterpiece), life gains a sort of emergent beauty.
>>9296926
Nabby doesn't usually say trite things in trite ways. Hard to believe this is him.
I think he talks about since the beginning of time we progressed a certain way, but we think we came so far that It doesn't seem like much is left to us, but in the future there is always change and it's sometimes bigger than we could ever imagine, ykno?
It means dfw wanted many existences, but got none.
he's expressing the hope that our unsatisfying existence is part of a more satisfying totality, which we have no way of knowing
>History is the indecent alloy of banality and apocalypse
What did Cioran mean by this?
>>9296993
It seems like a joke that someone mistook for astute.
>>9297133
DFW wanted talent, but hadn't any.
>>9296968
ya. an argument from Augustine: If we could see the world from God's perspective (all at once, all-together), it would be beautiful
>>9297143
This is gold