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I read Lang's bird of paradise when I was a kid and was thoroughly wowed by the fact it was so deep I couldn't understand it. When I grew up I realised long obs
by tempguy9999 7y ago
I read Lang's bird of paradise when I was a kid and was thoroughly wowed by the fact it was so deep I couldn't understand it. When I grew up I realised long obscure words used to conceal self-indulgent ramblings wasn't a sign of anything good. I can't find an extract of meat of the book, can anyone else?
As someone who also has had, and likely always will have mental health problems, anyone who glorifies that which is fundamentally an illness deserves a good kicking. It's miserable, destructive, isolating and no less a disease than, say, cancer.
- chousuke 7y agoI believe that for some philosophical insight to be truly profound, you need to be able to state it in a manner that is completely unambiguous. It is easy to make yourself sound smart by allowing the listener to "fill in the gaps" with their own interpretation, but it doesn't really contribute anything meaningful.
- ta1234567890 7y agoLanguage does not allow for complete unambiguity. Any sort of communication requires context (eg. agreeing on a similar meaning to the words we write/speak). Any difference in context will derive in differences in meaning. We can never not "fill in the gaps". Listening or reading are exercises in translation and interpretation of meaning, which implies always having to fill in the gaps.