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Livin' la vita contemplativa sub specie absurdum
An Enquiry Concerning the Gayness of Reality
Created on 2002-07-22 18:47:32 (#640164), last updated 2009-11-14
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Basic Info| Name: | David |
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| Birthdate: | 1984-01-12 |
| Location: | West Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
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DavidW64@aol.com Bio"I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again, 'I know that that's a tree,' pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn't insane. We are only doing philosophy.'" - Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty
"Let us fix our attention out of ourselves as much as possible, let us chase our imagination to the heavens, or to the utmost limits of the universe; we never really advance a step beyond ourselves." - David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
"Something marvelous has happened to me. I was transported to the seventh heaven. There sat all the gods assembled. As a special dispensation, I was granted the favor of making a wish. 'What do you want,' asked Mercury. 'Do you want youth, or beauty, or power, or a long life, or the most beautiful girl, or any of the other glorious things we have in the treasure chest? Choose - but only one thing.' For a moment I was bewildered; then I addressed the gods, saying: My esteemed contemporaries, I choose one thing - that I may always have the laughter on my side. Not one of the gods said a word; instead, all of them began to laugh. From that I concluded that my wish was granted and decided that the gods knew how to express themselves with good taste, for it would indeed have been inappropriate to reply solemnly: It is granted to you." - Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life
"We are asleep. Our life is like a dream, but in our better hours we wake up just enough to realize we are dreaming." - Ludwig Wittgenstein, in a letter to Paul Engelmann
In November of 2007 my life had become unendurable. I had to make major changes or I'd be dead, so I got sober. Now life just keeps getting more interesting. The tragedy is over and the comedy's just begun!
Here are some short stories, essays, and poems I've written.
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myhallucination, my designated repository of weirdness.
Updated 7/6/08. I need some new quotations though.
"Let us fix our attention out of ourselves as much as possible, let us chase our imagination to the heavens, or to the utmost limits of the universe; we never really advance a step beyond ourselves." - David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
"Something marvelous has happened to me. I was transported to the seventh heaven. There sat all the gods assembled. As a special dispensation, I was granted the favor of making a wish. 'What do you want,' asked Mercury. 'Do you want youth, or beauty, or power, or a long life, or the most beautiful girl, or any of the other glorious things we have in the treasure chest? Choose - but only one thing.' For a moment I was bewildered; then I addressed the gods, saying: My esteemed contemporaries, I choose one thing - that I may always have the laughter on my side. Not one of the gods said a word; instead, all of them began to laugh. From that I concluded that my wish was granted and decided that the gods knew how to express themselves with good taste, for it would indeed have been inappropriate to reply solemnly: It is granted to you." - Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life
"We are asleep. Our life is like a dream, but in our better hours we wake up just enough to realize we are dreaming." - Ludwig Wittgenstein, in a letter to Paul Engelmann
In November of 2007 my life had become unendurable. I had to make major changes or I'd be dead, so I got sober. Now life just keeps getting more interesting. The tragedy is over and the comedy's just begun!
Here are some short stories, essays, and poems I've written.
Also see
myhallucination, my designated repository of weirdness.Updated 7/6/08. I need some new quotations though.
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Nova High School - Davie, FL (1998 - 2002)University of Central Florida - South Orlando - Orlando, FL (2002 - 2003)
Valencia Community College - Orlando, FL (2003)
Broward College - Fort Lauderdale, FL (2003 - 2006)
Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton, FL (2007 - 2008)
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