/lit/ - Literature

>The problem inherent in the surface of things, and only in the surface of things, is the heart of things.

What did he mean by this?

>implginga

Can someone from this board redpill me on this guy and his work? How and why did the conspiracies surrounding his alleged influence on the Bush Administration originate? Also, is his stuff on the Greeks worth reading?

>>7096244
I'll also repost it, just to be sure it's saved.

Clouds parodies the ancient Greek superstitious myth that the "gods" lived in the "clouds".

Supporting statements:
>Greek gods are often depicted living in clouds (groups of condensed water in the upper atmosphere)
>The title of the play is "Clouds"
>The events of the play mirror those believed to have been undertaken in the "clouds" of Greek mythology

>implying

>>6971379
Go on.

>Just historicize my shit up

should we tell them?

What if Kant's argument for the existence and perception of synthetic a priori was intentionally terrible?

Careful readers, especially with the assistance of Hume, should be able to figure it out, while the unwashed masses would go on believing the moral nonsense.

No philosopher has ever believed in god.

Why aren't you a Straussian yet?

Esoteric readings are so much more interesting & exciting than staying at the surface layer.