Diebert wrote:Which of the characters, from the passage by Nietzsche, best describes your thoughts about women – “the youthâ€, “the sageâ€, or “one of the crowdâ€?
That’s a surprise, Diebert - I thought you’d have answered “the youthâ€, because you seemed to be saying the exploration of the feminine was somewhat passé. You even suggested that by investigating her too closely, there was a “danger†of becoming like her –Obviously the sage. But even a fool would be smart enough to choose that answer. Leaves me to doubt the relevance of the question.
From the above, I concluded that, like “the youth†in the passage, you would be content to leave the subject alone. If this is the case - fair enough, but I think ‘the feminine’ is a difficult subject for most people, and anyone who wants to develop philosophically, would do well to understand it thoroughly. So, for the benefit of those who do want to know more about her, I’ll continue my exploration.…that one gets even as opponent sucked up in her superficial aspects. When fighting too many ghosts, one becomes a ghost. Or conveniently remains one.
Where there is ego, there is violence. The two always exist together because they are actually one and the same.Let me ask you opinion about something Kevin Solway wrote in his Poison for the heart
Violence is usually kept below the surface where it manifests as hatred and fear. It surfaces as physical violence and war.
If a woman is 'personified egotism' and assuming Kevin uses the same definition of ego here, would that mean women are also full of hatred, warlike and violent?
Woman is without ego; she is instead man’s ego “personifiedâ€. All man’s weaknesses have gone into creating her. His ego longs for immeasurable comforts, unending pleasures and eternal happiness – and he comes up with ‘woman’ as the focal point for the fulfillment of all these obsessions. Through his love for her, he believes that his longings will be satisfied, and then his life will be successful and have meaning. But after a short time with her, the seeds of doubt encroach upon his happy dream, and he begins to feel unsure that she can actually live up to his expectations. He has invested a lot of himself in her, so he won’t give her up, but he will try and find ways to make her appear more than what she is now. He will get a better job, work harder and make more money. Then he’ll buy a bigger house and a better, faster car. He’ll send his kids to the best schools and encourage them to be the best in all they do. He’ll pay for his wife to have all the clothes, shoes, hair styles, personal trainers, plastic surgery, pottery classes, university degrees and flying lessons that he can afford – all to make her look better; so that he looks better. He’ll go and fight wars for her, be killed for her, conquer and pillage whole worlds for her. He’ll create philosophies, religions and great art; in celebration of his belief in beauty, compassion and purity – all of which he ascribes to her. But stop! He cannot keep the pretence going – he starts to drink more, he yells at the kids, he hits her, loses his job, loses her, loses the kids, starts a fight in the pub, spends time in jail, starts a new job, meets a new woman, buys another house …
Man’s ego drives him onwards; never satisfying, nor comforting him. Woman is just along for the ride.
Sue
