From: "Gabriel Ash" <Gabriel.Ash.1-AT-nd.edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 97 22:29:06 
Subject: Re: help with a quote


On Wed, 17 Sep 97 14:02 +0200, david wachtfogel wrote:

>It's from The Gay Science, aphorism 283.  I must say I fail to see how it
>relates to Foucault, though. The complete quotation is:
> For Believe me! - the secret of realizing the greatest fruitfulness and
> the greatest enjoyment of existence is: to live dangeously! Build your
> cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships out into uncharted seas!
> Live in conflict with your equals and with yourselves!

It seems more related to St Paul's metaphor of building one's life on the foundation
of rock.
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Gabriel Ash
Notre-Dame
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