tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281402533658280011.post6926529307943057508..comments2023-04-26T05:55:06.006-07:00Comments on Frivolous Fragments: Pondering the Fate of Humanity over the Easter WeekendFfflaneurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697821220291240079noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281402533658280011.post-53734519099234576342013-04-21T09:42:40.588-07:002013-04-21T09:42:40.588-07:00en nogmaals dank voor de tip, Leen! en nogmaals dank voor de tip, Leen! Ffflaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697821220291240079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281402533658280011.post-19176525919897673772013-04-21T07:56:15.858-07:002013-04-21T07:56:15.858-07:00Fijn om te weten dat je Procopius kunt bereiken en...Fijn om te weten dat je Procopius kunt bereiken en er parels aantreft, Flâneur. Al jarenlang mijn favoriete antiquaar in Leuven. Dank voor deze boeiende paasbespiegeling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281402533658280011.post-28564468404554929832013-04-02T11:23:37.964-07:002013-04-02T11:23:37.964-07:00thanks b. Will check out that Bateson. I suppose t...thanks b. Will check out that Bateson. I suppose that within a group-context, individuals displaying kindness & co-operativeness & generosity indeed should thrive.<br /><br />don't ponder too much though! Ffflaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697821220291240079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281402533658280011.post-18408062067917795362013-04-01T21:10:40.816-07:002013-04-01T21:10:40.816-07:00This was a great piece of writing, f! I love the w...This was a great piece of writing, f! I love the way you started from 'the world' and moved down a fear gears to your own world, the bookshop.<br /><br />Isn't there some recent work on how altruism etc. can be explained by evolution (Bateson, I think)?<br /><br />Hmm. Lots to ponder here.<br /><br />Keep well,<br /><br />b. billoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716970909272480118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281402533658280011.post-284534311712849182013-04-01T11:37:14.989-07:002013-04-01T11:37:14.989-07:00thanks for your careful reading, dear R.! you sum ...thanks for your careful reading, dear R.! you sum up our plight quite nicely: <i>either religious fanaticism, in parts of the world, and in others the sheer cynicism of blind individualism </i>Ffflaneurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04697821220291240079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5281402533658280011.post-30302506154295053342013-04-01T04:00:34.174-07:002013-04-01T04:00:34.174-07:00wonderful and thought-provoking post, dear fff!
i...wonderful and thought-provoking post, dear fff!<br /><br />i agreed with de Duve on almost anything, except that call back to religions, and i was so relieved to read your own conclusion, about the "wise and disabused humanism" we need, these are exactly my thoughts. though it is more than worrisome to see that the actual state of affairs is very far from this: what we have nowadays is either religious fanaticism, in parts of the world, and in others the sheer cynicism of blind individualism. the wise disabused humanists don't count at all, in the big picture :-(Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.com