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Do You Write or Think? Mr Nietzsche's Assessment of Your Dilemma.

381 replies

onebatmotherofgoditschilly · 07/01/2008 21:59

I had forgotten this:

"The literary woman, unsatisfied, agitated, desolate in heart and entrails, listening every minute with painful curiosity to the imperative which whispers from the depths of her organism "aut liberi aut libri [either children or books]."
?Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

Ten years ago I would have turned the page with a sigh and a sneer.

Today...?

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Swedes · 17/01/2008 16:45

Oh big LOL
Stoic seeks virtuous woman for respectful relationship.

Philosopher seeks woman with big milky breasts and motherly temperament.
Apply Freud, c/o Spa Angst, Leipzig
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Philosopher seeks woman for lengthy dialogue, platonic relationship assured.
Apply Plato c/o Spa Angst

Philosopher seeks relative to explore.
Apply Einstein c/o Spa Angst
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Swedes · 17/01/2008 16:48

Skeptic seeks partner - although it probably won't work out.

Swedes · 17/01/2008 16:53

Confucianist seeks man or woman.

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 17:12

deity seeks agnostic for fun times (no commitment required)

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 18:19
onebatmother · 17/01/2008 18:21
onebatmother · 17/01/2008 18:23

sorry

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 20:23

marxist seeks business opportunity, in confidence.

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 20:26

secular humanist seeks reassurance that he is not a bit.. predictable.

Absurdist seeks lawnmower.

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 20:30

situationist seeks fun-loving partner for mutual pranking.

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 20:31

Swedes, might I renew my subscription to Inbreeding Without AI? Thanks.

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 20:33

And I'm thinking that the Spa Angst might be precisely the business opportunity for our marxist?

It's a thriving concern with much scope for expansion.

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 20:35

If only we could weaken Frau Koch's iron grip on the Depilation Dept.

I curse the day I invited her onto the Board.

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 23:06

Don't tell me you've both relocated to the Hotel Gestalt?
Where the beds are so hard?

onebatmother · 17/01/2008 23:35

Nighty Night

Threadworm · 18/01/2008 09:26

The beds aren't hard. They only seem that way.

Threadworm · 18/01/2008 10:18

Rawlsian seeks similar for action in the Original Position. Must bring own veil.

onebatmother · 18/01/2008 10:51

I love the veil of ignorance, it reminds me of the slough of despond. Am child-laden today so may be gone for some time

Threadworm · 18/01/2008 11:15

My mum lived near the slough of despond when she first married. Boy, were her entrails desolate then!

onebatmother · 18/01/2008 11:45

lol threadie!

onebatmother · 18/01/2008 12:29

moral absolutist has been bad.

onebatmother · 18/01/2008 12:38

utilitarian seeks similar for mutually beneficial consequences

onebatmother · 18/01/2008 12:43

functionalist seeks sense of purpose - can you help?

Cappuccino · 18/01/2008 12:44

onebatmother is this your own personal thread

why don't you just get a blog and have done with it?

onebatmother · 18/01/2008 12:48

iit's just last bloody night when Swedes and Threadie deserted me for the Hotel Gestalt, Baden Baden! Honestly! They were here, really they were..