Thought for the day - June 13

Subject: Thought for the day - June 13
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Jun 99 - 09:02 AM

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche -

Subject: RE: Thought for the day - June 13
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Jun 99 - 10:31 AM

Well stroked...more in the Nietzsche thought process than what he is best known and misinterpreted for........AND WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

catspaw

Subject: RE: Thought for the day - June 13
From: Matthew B.
Date: 13 Jun 99 - 08:24 PM

(scratching my head)

Sorry, but it makes no sense to me.

But then again, not much of what Nietzsche said ever did.

Subject: RE: Thought for the day - June 13
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 13 Jun 99 - 08:38 PM

It's perfectly clear to me: comedy is the opposite side of the coin of tragedy--one has to be conscious of his/her own mortality to appreciate either (although I swear my black Labrador, Benkei, laughs at me when he drops a ball at my feet only to grab it back as soon as I reach for it). --seed

Subject: RE: Thought for the day - June 13
From: Matthew B.
Date: 13 Jun 99 - 08:42 PM

Egads, that's too deep for me

Subject: RE: Thought for the day - June 13
From: Neil Lowe
Date: 14 Jun 99 - 09:17 AM

Sartre must've taken his cue from Nietzsche when later he talked about art, etc borne out of a "lack" (in this instance, of beauty).