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>>11552393
>Body has internal cycles
>Body has outwardly senses
>Body has feedback system
>Body is finite, mortal -- must we dwell on it?
>Body reproduces, up and down
>Body has communicative, unidirectional language -- verbal and non-verbal
>Body uses representational means; points
>...
>Body internally conceptualizes its own conditions, representing its inner sense data to itself as temporal, cyclically-influenced states of being, all linguistically driven

How/Why did the dust settle to form living man?
Leaving that aside, the representational state had to have happened at one point in man's history, point prior to which language had to have manifested itself in parallel to non-linguistic states of being. To try and describe fundamentally non-linguistic states through necessarily linguistic representational schemes, e.g. Fichte's Ichheit, is vain and zenonian in its paradoxicality (incessant in its activity). Language can only describe linguistic "vécus", yet language is inescapable, and is the lens through which all experience is made, for us, to be revealed. Is it best to leave it at some tangent term, the "ineffable", and move on? Or do we dig at what it is that a pre-linguistic state can be ap-parent to. This basically reduces itself to another materialism/nominalism. We never moved out of universals. The Empire never ended.
The answer is in numbers and the non-verbal, kinestesic and kinesic.

dude i graduated from the university of young thug and anime, OK? you can't tell me there's anything more transcendent than listening to hyper-melodic trap rap music and watching cute anime wives try to organise the rock band while making time for classes and eating cake (i have many, i'm actually an ancient traditionalist follower of the ways of islam but i make time for my weeaboo interests inbetween praying five times a day).

I don't really believe there's anything more transcendentally and philosophically significant to my life - I've studied under Plato, Aristotle, Diogenes, Aurelius, the pre-Socratics, Kant, Hegels, the list goes on...... (Socrates is not here because he never existed, it's an open secret that most of his lectures were taught by multiple imposters, but the format was sound and it just stuck) - than true hedonistic urges. Hentai is the greatest form of relief and is possibly the most important form of philosophy and art we have in our day and age. Video games are currently the most relevant form of mainstream entertainment as print media and film begin to dilute and implode.

My answer to your question, sir: Sir, I understand you may have studied under the conventionally whimsical - how charming it is to study at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, etc, etc -- all the old buildings, and that - but, SIR: May I remind you that I am truly versed in every form of art and philosophy and I only partook in the scholarly events of my own university: the university of: video games. The most important people in this day and age are video game characters - prove me wrong. They are diverse. Check. They are powerful, strong. Check. They are heroes we need. Check.

Sorry to burst your bubble, son, but this world is changing. A$AP Rocky is running for president; Harry Potter is Western Canon and the most important text for the past 3,000 years; Anime Porn is better than Real Porn; Nobody needs to fork out $1,000,000 for a degree when they can just play Skyrim. Read Walden? No thanks, I have to visit Whiterun!

In summary: I'm sure I understand the intricacies of life much more than you and I get more pussy too, even if it is 2d. Asalaam alaikum, brother.

To be absolute; something diabolically lonely

Maybe a story about a man trapped with his own thoughts, just one character and no interaction.
No pets, no job, no social life, a recluse but not someone who has fallen into the role by tragedy (e.g. sudden relational death, crash landed on an island).

>>9343560

forward, introduction to Eric Voegelin's "New Science of Politics" (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987):

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oj40i83z4yb365m/AADq5rlFzEoyXTob9VpB8sfVa?dl=0

again, sorry--this is a very marked up text. on another note, i have written a summary of Voegelin's intro here (any and all criticism is welcome):
https://catilineconspiracy.com/2017/04/04/1-16-on-eric-voegelin-intro-to-the-new-science-of-politics-part-i/

>>9007861

and what interests you, vespasian? perfume bottles filled with vinegar?

May go read shortly, working my way through Stoner at long last.

It seems like everyone I know is on a constant quest to improve themselves, in a somewhat superficial manner:

>Exercise, yoga, meditation
>Reading self-help, productivity apps, "brain training" products
>Good nutrition, supplements, vitamins
>Optimizing sleep with gadgets such as the "FitBit"

What philosophical way of life does this fall under?

What do you think of this lifestyle?