Emerson and Nietzsche: The Children of The Fire

[@BarquitodeVapor]

7am here in Chile, just me and my dog by the fire, its raining hard outside and im listening to your vision or explanation about Emerson. Love this channel, thanks a lot

[@untimelyreflections]

Is it pretty cool this time of year? It is your wintertime, right? Here in Texas, I am definitely a child of the fire rn 🥵

[@spencerwinston4334]

Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us. Ralph Waldo Emerson A leading edge and discerning presentation of Emerson's profound influence on Nietzsche. Did Emerson perhaps come from another dimension/planet as his writings are infused with such divinity and the deepest of otherworldy insights? Ty for showcasing this natural tie between Nietzsche and the Concord savant. For Nietzsche to have admired Emerson is a testament by itself to Emerson's genius. Emerson and Nietzsche are intellectual forces of nature. In military terms imo, Nietzsche represents the Navy Seals in his relentless, disciplined pursuit of exposing the Eliotian "wasteland culture" and the pervasive "hollow men." Emerson then might represent a Top Gun air fighter with a precision fighter focus on the vast endless spiritual horizons and his full spectrum awareness presented in his sublime writings so uplifting to the human spirit. No man is truly educated until he has read Emerson and made progress in understanding the intellectual force and "satori" he illuminated. Please continue expanding the links of these intellectual brothers in arms with your philosophical expertise. More Emerson and more Nietzsche in future videos, please. New US subscriber.

[@sempressfi]

@@spencerwinston4334 I like the way you described them! And agree, I'm super interested in, and fascinated by, how much Nietzsche admired/liked Emerson and would appreciate more content on it!

[@spencerwinston4334]

@@sempressfi Ty, for the meaningful feedback, and welcome to the Emerson/Nietzsche aficionado club. As the ad goes for the Breitling watches showcasing professional fighter pilots, "welcome to our world." Far from the "maddening crowd" up in the pure oxygenated air above the illusions of the dark matrix, that's where we thrive. You can also find us high up in the austere Swiss Alps where the German savant Nieztche produced such masterpieces inspired by Emerson's sublime writings. See you out on the leading edge, and stay in touch with your Nietzsche and Emerson reflections. We can all grow by sharing observations and meditations on these two intellectual forces of nature. Dom Perignon Cheers. "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.' Nietzsche

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[@gingerbreadzak]

00:00 📜 Ralph Waldo Emerson, a preacher, poet, and philosopher, lived from 1803 to 1882 and played a significant role in shaping American thought. 01:40 🧐 Emerson witnessed the transformation of the United States from a young nation to a more settled and industrialized country during his lifetime. 03:07 💔 Emerson's personal life was marked by tragedy, including the death of his wife Ellen, which led him to open her coffin, reflecting his quest for direct knowledge and belief in the soul. 12:52 🗣 Emerson became a public speaker, addressing spiritual and moral concerns, which was akin to preaching, but outside the traditional Christian institutions. 16:05 🌿 Transcendentalism, a movement Emerson was associated with, emphasized a priori knowledge of the divine in human nature and a connection to nature. 20:33 🌌 The concept of the Oversoul in Emerson's philosophy represents the unity of all individuals with a common divine essence and is a central idea in his writings. 21:28 🔥 Emerson constructs a language of imminentism, pantheism, and panpsychism to express the idea that all living beings share a common divine essence. 26:12 📚 Emerson views life as a series of lessons, with the purpose of education being to learn and understand the human condition. 29:00 💬 Both Emerson and Nietzsche explore the personal (unique to the individual) and the impersonal (common to all humanity), emphasizing the importance of action and the present moment. 34:06 🕰 Emerson criticizes the historical perspective of Christianity, which places divine events in the distant past, making God seem distant and no longer living. 38:00 📜 Emerson highlights the importance of poets and great minds who explore the profound meaning of sensuous facts and recognize the divinity within everything. 43:32 📜 Emerson and Nietzsche both celebrate the concept of an underlying universal beauty or divine essence that permeates all of existence, connecting all individuals. 46:06 🧘‍♂ The interpretation of fire in Buddhist and Vedic scriptures as an omnipresent force, even when not manifest, aligns with Emerson's idea of the Oversoul, where the potential for greatness exists within all individuals. 53:39 🌌 Emerson's view of the world and the Oversoul encourages a deep appreciation of existence and a celebration of all aspects of life, contrasting with Schopenhauer's pessimism and Nietzsche's concept of the will to negate the will. 57:10 📚 Emerson's essay "History" discusses the interconnectedness of all individuals and events, suggesting that all experiences are valuable and contribute to the greater whole of human history. 01:04:26 🌍 Emerson's perspective emphasizes that individuals are a product of their relations and the conditions of their time, highlighting the interconnectedness of all aspects of existence. 01:04:54 📜 Emerson's view of history suggests that if all phenomena are necessitated and implied by each other, and if a divine plan rules the world, then everything is part of providence, and there is nothing new under the sun. 01:05:49 🔄 History, according to Emerson, is alive and contained within the lives of presently living beings, repeating historical patterns. Past minds live on in the living minds of the present moment. 01:07:44 🌟 Emerson's view of history is not to dismiss the progressive view but to emphasize that the future isn't necessarily an improvement on the past, and every past mind lives on in the present. 01:15:53 📚 Emerson believes that history should not be seen as a series of facts to memorize but as something to enrich individual learning and education. 01:20:35 🏛 Emerson envisions that a person should embody history in their life, making history come alive, and experiencing it as if they had lived through all its periods. 01:24:03 🌐 Emerson's idea of the Oversoul and monism, where power exists everywhere and flits from branch to branch like a bird, foreshadows Nietzsche's concept of the will to power. 01:25:28 🤔 Nietzsche's concept of the will to power has connections to Emerson's idea of the oversoul and theunderlying force behind all phenomena. 01:26:12 🤔 Comparing the Oversoul to Nietzsche's Overman is problematic as they have different conceptual content. The Oversoul is better aligned with Nietzsche's idea of the will to power. 01:29:02 🤔 Emerson's use of the term "joyous science" aligns with Nietzsche's concept in "The Gay Science." Both saw the merging of science and joy in exploring the world's harmonies. 01:32:46 📚 Nietzsche greatly appreciated Emerson's ideas and felt a strong connection with his work, even though he didn't explicitly mention it. 01:33:43 🤝 While Emerson and Nietzsche had differences in their views on various topics, Emerson's work served as a rich source of inspiration for Nietzsche, offering an abundance of ideas and suggestions.- 01:25:28 📚 Nietzsche's concept of the "will to power" is connected to various philosophical threads, including Emerson's "oversoul," and is not entirely novel. 01:26:12 🤔 While there is a name similarity between the "oversoul" and the "overman" (Ubermensch), the conceptual content of Emerson's "oversoul" aligns better with Nietzsche's "will to power" rather than the "overman." 01:29:29 🎶 Emerson's idea of the "joyous science" and ascending souls resonates with Nietzsche's project in "The Gay Science," emphasizing a harmonious and joyful exploration of knowledge. 01:32:46 💬 Nietzsche acknowledged Emerson's profound influence on him, describing Emerson as the author "richest in ideas" and expressing a deep connection with his work. 01:33:56 📜 While Emerson and Nietzsche had differences in their views on various topics, Emerson's work served as a wellspring of inspiration for Nietzsche, offering a plethora of suggestive ideas.

[@burnakai7568]

Thanks for referencing this in your latest vid! Great as always! So glad to have found you 🙏❤️

[@ingridweber1]

Discovering your podcast is a dream come true!

[@kaweah]

One more thing. Speaking of children of fire, here's a great, defiant fire-prayer penned by Emerson's contemporary Herman Melville (in the voice of his character Ahab): "Oh! thou clear spirit of clear fire, whom on these seas I as Persian once did worship, till in the sacramental act so burned by thee, that to this hour I bear the scar; I now know thee, thou clear spirit, and I now know that thy right worship is defiance. To neither love nor reverence wilt thou be kind; and e'en for hate thou canst but kill; and all are killed. No fearless fool now fronts thee. I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me. In the midst of the personified impersonal, a personality stands here. Though but a point at best; whencesoe'er I came; wheresoe'er I go; yet while I earthly live, the queenly personality lives in me, and feels her royal rights. But war is pain, and hate is woe. Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there's that in here that still remains indifferent. Oh, thou clear spirit, of thy fire thou madest me, and like a true child of fire, I breathe it back to thee."

[@nancytoulouse6973]

Captain Ahab was Persian?

[@nancytoulouse6973]

Amazing quote- very poetic! So, the spirit of fire here refers to the energy and will which drove Ahab to want to kill the whale?

[@nancytoulouse6973]

Is this when Ahab died?

[@nancytoulouse6973]

Cool - thank you for sharing 👍🏻

[@kaweah]

@@nancytoulouse6973 No, but his mysterious spirit guide “Fedallah” was Persian, and perhaps a Zoroastrian

[@eddiebeato5546]

For some years, I have often thought of Ralph Emerson and Henry David Thoreau’s transcendentalist writings as proffering a fascinating outlook to the problems of modern existence. At times, I even thought of the transcendentalists, their communion with Mother Nature to experiencing the divine, beautiful and sublime, to be a unique breed of blessed thinkers and artists, perhaps surpassing the Dionysius-heights and ecstasy of Nietzsche’s solution to the problems of existence! For years I immersed myself in the soothing pages of the Walden Pond of Henry D. Thoreau, and even today, I wonder whether he was an overman?

[@spencerwinston4334]

Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us. Ralph Waldo Emerson A leading edge and discerning presentation of Emerson's profound influence on Nietzsche. Did Emerson perhaps come from another dimension/planet as his writings are infused with such divinity and the deepest of otherworldy insights? Ty for showcasing this natural tie between Nietzsche and the Concord savant. For Nietzsche to have admired Emerson is a testament by itself to Emerson's genius. Emerson and Nietzsche are intellectual forces of nature. In military terms imo, Nietzsche represents the Navy Seals in his relentless, disciplined pursuit of exposing the Eliotian "wasteland culture" and the pervasive "hollow men." Emerson then might represent a Top Gun air fighter with a precision fighter focus on the vast endless spiritual horizons and his full spectrum awareness presented in his sublime writings so uplifting to the human spirit. No man is truly educated until he has read Emerson and made progress in understanding the intellectual force and "satori" he illuminated. Please continue expanding the links of these intellectual brothers in arms with your philosophical expertise. More Emerson and more Nietzsche in future videos, please. New US subscriber.

[@spencerwinston4334]

Eddie, ty for your illuminating and compelling comment on Thoreau. Never considered the Walden Pond savant as a possible Overman from the Nietzschean vantage point, Moment of satori. Thank you for sharing. Dom Perignon cheers.

[@andrewcanady6644]

@ Spencer Winston: That was one of the coolest, most completest comments and tributes I’ve had the pleasure of reading. Thanks. Aloha. 🤙🏽

[@jamm_affinity]

Thank you for your work

[@ryanpottle]

Studied a great deal of philosophers and spiritualists. None of them stir my soul quite like Emerson.

[@deebaker9199]

Beautiful ❤ thankyou , love Emerson. My daughter gave me his "success" verse in a mothers day card when she was very young...been in love with his work since ❤

[@ThinkingInTheAir]

Your mind and soul is hope in this world. You are rare.

[@emZee1994]

*For me this has actually been an introduction to Ralph Waldo Emerson, someone who I hadn't looked into before but I had heard his name, and tbh this was a pleasant surprise. I find that I already believe in much of what he has to say. I'm definitely going to learn more about his philosophy now. Thank you!*

[@maxaval1240]

My first theses at college was about these two magical thinkers!! Great talk as usual!!

[@ericadler9680]

Glad I found this discussion. I will be visiting Concord this August and I've read Hawthorne and Alcott to prepare for my trip, currently I'm catching up with Emerson.

[@cheri238]

Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of my favorite authors, essayist, poet. Nietzsche and Emerson, what a sumptuous delight as you so eloquently shared. , Uriel It fell in the ancient periods Which Hades could not keep his own, soul surveys, Or ever the wild time coined itself Into the calendar months and days. This was the lapse of Uriel Which in Paridise befell. Once, anomg the Pleiads waking. Send overheard the yougods talking; And the treason, too long pent, To his ears was evident. The young deities discussed Laws of forms and metro just Orb, quintessence, and sunbeams, What subsisteth and what seems. One , with low tones that decide And doubt and reverand use defied With a look that solved the sphere, And stirred the devils everywhere, Gave his sentiment divine Against the being of a line. 'Line in nature is not found; Unit and universe are round; In vain produced, all rays return; Evil will bless, and ice will burn.' As Uriel spoke with piercing eye, A shudder ran around the sky; The stern old war-gods shook their heads, The seraphs frowned from myrtle-beds; Seemed to the holy festival The rash word body ill to all; The balance beam of fate was bent; The bounds of good and ill to rent; Strong Hades could not keep his own, But all slid into confusion. A sad self- knowledge, withering, fell On the beauty of Uriel; In heaven once eminent, the god Withdrew the hour into his cloud; Whether doomed to long gyration, In the sea of generation, Or by the knowledge grown to bright To hit the nerve of feebler sight. Straightway, a forgetting wind Stole over the celestial kind, And their lips the secret kept, If in ashes the fire -seed slept, But now and then, truth-speakinging things Shamed the angels' veiling wings; And, shrilling from the solar course, Or the fruit of the chemic force, Procession in a soul in matter, Or the speeding change of water, Or out of the good evil borne, Came Uriel'voice of cherub scorn, And the blood tinged the upper sky, And the gods shook, they knew not why.

[@alohm]

Awesome, I was just speaking with someone about how shocked I was that an intro course and a reading guide failed to mention the importance of Emerson, his essays, and his ideas on Fritz! Thanks for the video... Imagine not teaching the profound influence 'the sage of concord' had on German Existential philosophy alone?

[@shaunkerr8721]

I have always wondered if Joseph Smith was a fan of Emerson & Mormonism was his attempt at reviving Christian in something that has been touched with the Emersonian light.

[@nancytoulouse6973]

This is great. I'm learning lots of things that interest me. Thank you, sir!

[@damianbylightning6823]

Excellent!

[@Terrance_C93]

I found your channel a while back and it's one of the most substantial I've found, especially in relation to Nietzsche. I'm grateful for that. It's nice to hear that you are a musician as well, where can I listen to your music?

[@untimelyreflections]

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[@shanosantwanos3908]

Just found and loving the discourse here, I'm a Iain McGilchrist 'morphic resonance theory' follower. His books' man and his emmissary' and latest 'the matter with things' are beautifully captivating and deconstruct understanding of scientific dogmas and the understanding of the hemispheres in the brain and society being pushed to a left brain view of everything...as long as people only see parts..the whole is beyond comprehension...but...once we can see that the 'self as subject is a part or object of a whole collective unity combining all things..this is something he asserts must start in the right hemisphere gets analyzed by the left...then reformed by the right..this will provide the best perceptual understanding of reality..society is being pushed into left brain think..this is sciences dogmatic problem at its core..he speaks of friction..like a guitar string with verbrato...or a tornado and it's opposite vortexes..it is essential to function..like the larynx obstructs airflow allowing us to speak..there must be chaos to obtain order...it's really an incredible journey this life...in these times...you Sir are another pearl in a paua shell...

[@AGamer1177]

The starck contrast between Nietzsche and Emerson is profound. Just looking through Self-Reliance already shows that Emerson held similar, but starkly different conceptions on independence and what it means to be free. To call Nietzsche the dark night and the lighting, I would call Emerson the bright day and the hot sun. If Nietzsche and Emerson were to meet in the afterlife, I would imagine Emerson calling his 'brother soul', a Cain to his Abel (not out of hostility, but out of brotherly respect).

[@cheri238]

Ralph Waldo Emerson got a copy of the Badavista transcribed into English. He gave a speech at Harvard and he was not asked back for 30 years. (Shame on Harvard.) We are all the history of mankind. "I am the world and the world is me." The present moment is now. Heraclitus stated that one cannot step in the same river twice. Thank you again for your lectures.I love your music by the way. 🙏❤️🌍🌿🕊🎵🎶

[@muhamadfiqri4730]

Nice I really enjoyed this video, if I am not wrong The Living Philosophy did a video about this subject as well :)

[@kaweah]

I just discovered this channel, and I'm getting a lot out of it. Thanks for your hard work and insightful observations! ... Regarding the recognition of the unavoidable authority of the individual and the associated faith in one’s own eyes (as with Heraclitus), I believe I've read that Nietzsche read Emerson’s radical iconoclastic masterpiece “Self-Reliance.”

[@abcrane]

excellent work here thank you

[@spencerwinston4334]

Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us. Ralph Waldo Emerson A leading edge and discerning presentation of Emerson's profound influence on Nietzsche. Did Emerson perhaps come from another dimension/planet as his writings are infused with such divinity and the deepest of otherworldy insights? Ty for showcasing this natural tie between Nietzsche and the Concord savant. For Nietzsche to have admired Emerson is a testament by itself to Emerson's genius. Emerson and Nietzsche are intellectual forces of nature. In military terms imo, Nietzsche represents the Navy Seals in his relentless, disciplined pursuit of exposing the Eliotian "wasteland culture" and the pervasive "hollow men." Emerson then might represent a Top Gun air fighter with a precision fighter focus on the vast endless spiritual horizons and his full spectrum awareness presented in his sublime writings so uplifting to the human spirit. No man is truly educated until he has read Emerson and made progress in understanding the intellectual force and "satori" he illuminated. Please continue expanding the links of these intellectual brothers in arms with your philosophical expertise. More Emerson and more Nietzsche in future videos, please. New US subscriber.

[@sammacnicoll4943]

I'm growing so much from you,.....Respect.

[@rodjack1378]

My Dude, RWE ...love this man. Listening on rainy Thurs. in O 45:28 hio, well that's weird, time stamp just inserted itself into my comment. Started listening, got me looking for my hardcover ESSAYS it's a 45:48 round here somewhere. Fuckn google and amazon firestick! The fire is in the present! And it's not even the right time oh well man, I'm at42:23 got shit to do but here I'm is commenting on a vid ... subed

[@pchabanowich]

Thank you.💐

[@nickidaisydandelion4044]

Your voice sounds like the voice of MorgueOfficial. Pleasant voice. Nietzsche was a fan of Gautama Buddha which revealed itself towards the end of his life. I wonder if Emerson and Nietzsche and Helena Petrovna Blavatsky had ever met in person.

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[@ubik1106]

Another excellent episode. Perhaps one could be done comparing Nietzsche and Sartre.

[@hasheemal-minz7531]

Stupid idea, since Sartre was a communist pig…

[@oswurth8774]

50:00 Fire and the collective masculine (and collective force), an undivided whole. with the god as omnipresent and previsionary of living and life. Question: What is the paternal previsionary towards? It supplies order, is that all that is needed?

[@harryquinn8911]

Emerson opening the coffin of his wife shows the depth and strength of his love and is itself heartbreaking 😢

[@cba46]

Links to monadogly?

[@untimelyreflections]

I don’t know enough about Leibniz to say. Maybe.

[@ArmwrestlingJoe]

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[@ArmwrestlingJoe]

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[@EthanNoble]

I love self reliance

[@feignedexistence]

where did you study & how was it ?

[@sefasefa8114]

Thank you for this video. I was not aware of Emerson's influence on Nietzsche. Speaking of "The Children of the Fire", have you done a video about Giordano Bruno, and if not, would you perhaps consider doing one?

[@Droidruid1993]

Emerson and Fuller sent each other letter : maybe they were lover ?? Emerson and Thoreau were really really close friends: ...

[@Satyr_allyn]

So the over soul is similar to the Atman in Hinduism. However instead of using passion to annihilate passion/ego Emerson is saying the let the burning passion in all be loved, and guide us all…. That seems to be my understanding. Great video

[@ArmwrestlingJoe]

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[@tomato1040]

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[@shaunkerr8721]

Nietzsche/Emerson's impersonal/personal & Wittgenstein's private language argument are interesting to consider side by side

[@klausmaccus4397]

Fantastic channel. Do you have a Twitter? May I suggest a Nietzsche video in relation to Shakespeare?

[@untimelyreflections]

I do not have a twitter. Had not planned on covering Shakespeare. That's a huge topic and Nietzsche's remarks on the man's works are a bit scattered and incidental. That being said, if you have a suggestion of a particular work by Shakespeare, I'm all ears.

[@OlivesT.wisted.Branch]

We go to the Place where Fire exists when it is Unignited

[@winniethuo9736]

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[@kimfreeborn]

If all the facts of the past could not have been otherwise then we have only the future.

[@robertgerrity878]

Margaret ... the only TRUE Emerson acolyte, as Henry James maintained.

[@LeoKing-gd6li]

Emerson would be disappointed with how The Atlantic magazine turned out.

[@dannyteal1020]

You’re a fine discovery

[@DaikiTorusukii]

Emerson was highly influenced by British idealists / Hegelians, the over-soul is Emerson’s version of Geist/Spirit

[@DaikiTorusukii]

Also “God is dead”, is something both Emerson and Nietzsche took from Hegel

[@robertgerrity878]

See Richardson, The Mind On Fire. Forget his title on Thoreau. My people. AH, You are reading from R!!!!

[@integralsun]

Western philosophy is a fascinating intellectual pursuit but left to its own devices it falls short of providing a viable path to Divine Realization.

[@UrbanPovertist]

If they would just make a few hats or try to turn lead into gold they would meet Alice and have a better understanding of Wonderland 😉

[@UrbanPovertist]

Western philosophy is like putting a Vegan Only sign on a lions den LoL

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Loyal?

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[@knoweagle888]

Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane! Or is it that man they say went insane? He learned how to fly, above where it reigns There’s nowhere to hide once you’re unchained They pulled back their bows to shoot at the truth He exposed their shadows and refused to be mute Who would have chose to play such a role? If he had known, would he have flown? The few from before had seen the true light Opened the door of passage through rites Plato had said “Come out of the cave” The play which you gaze has made you its slave The one they called Christ said “I am the truth” Gave up his life so man can renew The Buddha declared “I am awake” Illusions ensnare awareness innate Jacob when wrested became Israel Prophets and poets uphold the ideal Nietzsche revealed “The man made of steel” Thus spoke and evoked The Prophet Kahlil Soren suggested “Leap based on faith” Accept the affects, we all must partake The poet named Pope wrote of the spring Where a little bit learned is a dangerous thing Jung sprung to heaven while rooted beneath “In filth it is found” the treasure you seek Blake left a trace to the heavenly gates Relating the place that Dante escaped Milton recalled the fallen from grace The void of Tolstoy’s confession replaced Campbell’s examples unite all the tribes Waldo relied on the one from inside Frankl could handle all with a why Marcus embarked “To live by let die” Marley remade his name out of stone Tolkien foretold how the aimless roam home The road to the throne through his-story shown A vastness of paths, each class of their own The Tao that is told, is not the true way Some think that they know but best not-to-say To touched the divine, the few under-stand Opinion of mine, who’s still just a man

[@johndavis2399]

A tour-de-force of Phil-o-lyrics 🤘 >> ......was it because words are illusions of abstractions......that drove Mr N mad.....pursuing language to its core....?

[@knoweagle888]

@@johndavis2399 The Tao that is told cannot be known The way that is shown is not your own As above, as soul below Yin and Yang and Ouroboros Forty days and forty nights The darkest days forewarns enlight The Unus Mundus, the Axis Mundi Your inner compass will guide you through thee Dante’s and Virgil’s inferno journey The Duat retaught the justice and mercy A sacred plane of many names Arcane domain no frame profanes The few have seen where Jacob dreamed Therein between each conscious stream…

[@andrewcanady6644]

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[@p.d.stanhope7088]

Sadly, Nietzsche got too close to the flame.

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[@investmentsavingsaccount905]

“The Over Man” and quote: Emerson clearly denies the existence of the Almighty and Only Creator so he lives in a total denial of the simple transition of mankind in this world with his spirituality. God teaches us through his prophets and messengers that we are born from existence and we die towards existence.

[@untimelyreflections]

How do you know any of this? Let me guess, human beings told you.

[@AMore429]

There isn’t a soul.

[@hasheemal-minz7531]

So what asks all the question?

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

It's pronounced "conquered" 😂

[@robertgerrity878]

More like Con-kerd, not Con-coord. Lived there.

[@Mellabellaluna]

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