Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 15:05:19 +0000
From: Daniel Haines <daniel-AT-tw2.com>
Subject: deluze & mysticism (slight return)


nathan wrote:

"the speculative object and the practical object of philosophy as
naturalism coincide on this point: it is always a matter of denouncing
the
illusion, the false infinite, the infinity of religion and all of the
theological-erotic-oneiric myths in which it is expressed. to the
question
'what is the use of philosophy?' the answer must be: what other object
would have an interest in holding forth the image of a free person, and
in
denouncing all of the forces which need myth and a troubled spirit in
order
to establish their power? ... active gods are the myth of religion, as
destiny is the myth of a false physics, and being, the one and the whole
are the myth of a false philosophy totally saturated by theology. never
has
the enterprise of demystification been carried further ... lucretius
established for a long time to come the implications of naturalism: the
positivity of nature; naturalism as the philosophy of affirmation;
pluralism linked with multiple affirmation; sensualism connected with
the
joy of the diverse; and the practical critique of all mystifications."
(gilles deleuze, the logic of sense, 278-279)

nathan,

great quote! - this sums up my own attitude towards religion and myth
very succinctly; however, it has nothing to do with mysticism -- it
attacks theology, mystification, myth-making, and illusion. None of
these enter into mysticism except as attempts to systematise and draw
power from a particular class of experience.

dan h.
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