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Notes extracted from my “A Plus Notebook” which also contains notes on Don Juanism from Poteat’s class

Desani, March 14, 1973 Burn the seeds (of deeds) by high samadhi only. The weakened klesa is stronger than the klesas/passion full blown because its expression is more subtle, harder to root out because they are harder to recognize. Margin note here that I got Texas tags today; quit moving houses. March 21, 1973. This … Continue reading “Notes extracted from my “A Plus Notebook” which also contains notes on Don Juanism from Poteat’s class”

Irwin Lieb, R. G. Collingwood, William Poteat, Soren Kierkegaard*

David Goldman America’s journey is the Christian pilgrimage that cannot end with an earthly goal. Thus, Huckleberry Finn is an exemplar of Christian literature as much as is The Pilgrim’s Progress. The journey is motivated not by the destination but by the restlessness of the pilgrim. There is only one possible conclusion to Huck’s adventure: … Continue reading “Irwin Lieb, R. G. Collingwood, William Poteat, Soren Kierkegaard*”

In memory of William H. Poteat

“Eroticism Music and Madness” Course Sylabus I. “Eroticism, Music and Madness” As principle, as power, as self-contained system, sensuousness is first posited in Christianity; and in that sense it is true that Christianity brought [the] sensuous into the world. 1. Arche’ as Cosmos, logos, psyche. 2. Arche’ as davar. 3. The ordinacy of Cosmos arche’ … Continue reading “In memory of William H. Poteat”

Soren Kierkegaard

As architecture stands in relation to existential mass so something stands in relation to being. What is that something? How far out must one seek objectively for the search to become subjective? Existential mass is the medium of architecture. Being is likewise a medium. And Life. Might life be the medium whereby matter transforms into … Continue reading “Soren Kierkegaard”

Concerning U Chan Htoon’s paper on Buddhism

Blaise Pascal, Pensee number 84: It is with rash insolence that we belittle the great to our own measure, as when talking of God. Matthew 11:27 Neither doeth anyone know the Father, but the son, and he to whom it shall please the son to reveal him. Matthew 7:7 Those who seek God find him. … Continue reading “Concerning U Chan Htoon’s paper on Buddhism”

More on Rougemont

I’m on page 269. I wish I could recall which university course this book goes with. Of course it was philosophy, but don’t recall which one. Perhaps William Poteat’s course on “Eroticism, Music, and Madness”. Seems fitting. Details on the book: A Fawcett Premier Book copyright 1940, Harcourt, Brace and Company. This augmented edition copyrighted … Continue reading “More on Rougemont”

How does intuition relate to transcendence

Matthew Arnold Dover Beach (c. 1867) The sea is calm to-night.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; on the French coast the lightGleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand;Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!Only, from the long line of sprayWhere the … Continue reading “How does intuition relate to transcendence”

Eroticism, Music and Madness – annotated

“He who regards himself in this light will be afraid of himself, and observing himself sustained in the body given him by nature between those two abysses of the Infinite and Nothing, will tremble at the sight of these marvels; and I think that, as his curiosity changes into admiration, he will be more disposed … Continue reading “Eroticism, Music and Madness – annotated”

The Cultural Psychopathology of Don Juanism

“Gaze steadfastly at stars which though distant are yet present to the mind.” “When attachment arises wisdom is shut out.” I am in your eyes for others to see. Bodies mediate the meeting of souls; but souls meet each other immediately when eyes meet. The depth in the pupil of the eye is the quiet … Continue reading “The Cultural Psychopathology of Don Juanism”

Eroticism, Music and Madness – annotated

Prof. Poteat passed in 2000 so this is more than a little late I suppose. I knew him briefly at the University of Texas, Austin philosophy department in 1970/71 where he was guest lecturer from Duke University. Another of my benefactors instructed that if you bring something to mind again and again that it tends … Continue reading “Eroticism, Music and Madness – annotated”