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NIETZCHE ON ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF GOOD AND EVIL:
"The man who wants to gain wisdom profits greatly from having thought for a time that man is basically evil and degenerate: this idea is wrong, like its opposite, but for whole periods of time it was predominant and its roots have sunk deep into us and into our world. To understand ourselves we must understand it; but to climb higher, we must then climb over and beyond it. We recognize that there are no sins in the metaphysical sense; but, in the same sense, neither are there any virtues; we recognize that this entire realm of moral ideas is in a continual state of fluctuation, that there are higher and deeper concepts of good and evil, moral and immoral. A man who desires no more from things than to understand them easily makes peace with his soul and will err (or "sin," as the world calls it) at the most out of ignorance, but hardly out of desire. He will no longer want to condemn and root out his desires; but his single goal, governing him completely, to understand as well as he can at all times, will cool him down and soften all the wildness in his disposition. In addition, he has rid himself of a number of tormenting ideas; he no longer feels anything at the words "pains of hell," "sinfulness," "incapacity for the good": for him they are only the evanescent silhouettes of erroneous thoughts about life and the world."
PEACE...
it doesn't mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work.
It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
-anonymous
Brandi Carlile, Ray LaMontagne, Portishead, Coldplay, David Ford, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Amy Winehouse, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, David Gray, Jonny Lang, Citizen Cope, Robert Bradley, James Brown, Norah Jones, Linkin Park, Audioslave, Radiohead, White Stripes, Jet, Mofro, Moby, Beck, Paul Okenfeld, Jeff Black, DMB, Beastie Boys, Gomez, Keb Mo, John Legend, Sin Bandera, La Ley, Aerosmith, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Sade, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Elton John, Nina Simone, Eva Cassidy, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Coltrane, Miles...
Y Tu Mamá También, Hoosiers, Good Will Hunting, Rounders, Heat, Scarface, Scent of a Woman, Meet The Parents/Fockers, Office Space, Unfaithful, Made, Swingers, Casino, Mission Impossibles, Donnie Brasco, Something About Mary, Back to the Futures, Fight Club, Traffic, Blow, Snatch, The Usual Suspects, Training Day, Color of Money, Motorcycle Diaries, Old School, Wedding Crashers, What About Bob?, Leaving Las Vegas, American Beauty, Garden State, Closer, The Departed
Entourage, Rescue Me, The Shield, The Sopranos, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, Reno 911, Thief, Dog Bites Man, Nip/Tuck, Random 1, CSI, Real Time w/ Bill Maher, U of Michigan football, Flip This House
Currently reading:
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers by Debbie Ford
I think the word hero is far over-utilized in this country, but here are a few individuals I admire for one reason or another:
The Random 1 crew, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Mark Cuban, Shawn Carter, single mamas, mi hermanita, M. Michaud, A. Grace, G. Buttler, M.S., & D.S.