death and prayer

Karl 2022-04-23 07:01:09

·Contrast with Middle-earth, no ideology, no contrived, human touch, a flesh and blood individual.

· The absurdity of war. The theory of one person's madness, the involvement of a group of people.

· Death and prayer, the last violin.

· In the swell of commercial civilization and consumerism, and modern office buildings, listening to Bach's music in the gap between two points and one line is like visiting from the gap of heaven's door. Being wrapped in commercial civilization, gradually lost its sense of sublime. The scene I was in was not worthy of the "spiritual sighing" that seemed to come from the cracks of heaven's door. At that moment, I also clearly felt that the rise of modern positivist science and existentialism led to the decline of metaphysics and transcendental religion.

Hannah Larante "The Evil of Banality", Fromm "Escape From Freedom", Le Pen "The Collectivist Herd Psychology".

·How to face suffering is always a heavy topic that cannot be erased by human beings. Is Suffering the Tragedy and End of Humanity? If the essence of the world is the combination of atoms and atoms, and human beings have no transcendental value in essence, then suffering is just a mirror, allowing us to see ourselves and the void of life; if apart from this visible world, There is also a more beautiful city-state. If life really has a part in eternity, then suffering is a baptism that teaches us to see reality clearly, so that we can break away from infinite desires and worldly bondage, and look up to the eternal hometown.

· Theotheistic challenge, writing poetry after Auschwitz is cruel. Mortman, Theology of Hope.

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Band of Brothers quotes

  • Liebgott: So what did you study?

    Pvt. David Kenyon Webster: Literature.

    Liebgott: You're kidding me! I love to read.

    Pvt. David Kenyon Webster: Really?

    Liebgott: Yeah. Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon mostly.

  • [Translating a speech a German General is giving to his men after they all surrendered]

    Liebgott: Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. You've fought bravely, proudly for your country. You're a special group. You've found in one another a bond, that exists only in combat, among brothers. You've shared foxholes, held each other in dire moments. You've seen death and suffered together. I'm proud to have served with each and every one of you. You all deserve long and happy lives in peace.