Life Goes On
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Douglas Mercer
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Re: Life Goes On
I have never endorsed the claim that the Nazi big-wigs belonged to a superior race. However, I must also add that I have consistently refused to accept the claim of another such race as the chosen people. The arrogance is identical in both cases, but with this important distinction: after waging war against mankind for more than three thousand years, Judaism has finally achieved total victory over all nations of the earth--Ludwig Klages
As a philosopher, Klages took the Nietzschean premises of Lebensphilosophie "to their most extreme conclusions." He drew a distinction between life-affirming Seele (soul) and life-destroying Geist (spirit or intellect). Geist represented the forces of "modern, industrial, and intellectual rationalization", while Seele represented the possibility of overcoming "alienated intellectuality in favor of a new-found earthly rootedness."
The distinction between soul and spirit is a false dichotomy. Spirit, soul, life, mind, and consciousness are merely different words for the same thing, and the intellect is very much a part of the life force; indeed, it is the life force itself.
Language is alive (see Martin Heidegger)
Seele (soul) / seal
As a philosopher, Klages took the Nietzschean premises of Lebensphilosophie "to their most extreme conclusions." He drew a distinction between life-affirming Seele (soul) and life-destroying Geist (spirit or intellect). Geist represented the forces of "modern, industrial, and intellectual rationalization", while Seele represented the possibility of overcoming "alienated intellectuality in favor of a new-found earthly rootedness."
The distinction between soul and spirit is a false dichotomy. Spirit, soul, life, mind, and consciousness are merely different words for the same thing, and the intellect is very much a part of the life force; indeed, it is the life force itself.
Language is alive (see Martin Heidegger)
Seele (soul) / seal