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Ecce Holbo. (Professor of Philosophy, Illustrator of Philosophers.)

Jun 1, 2021, 5 tweets

New OBZ pages! Z's made a friend! (Or has he?)

More than ever you see the influence of Nietzsche on Dr. Seuss in these pages. But also the influence of Plato on Nietzsche - the quality of the teacher-pupil relationship in philosophy. onbeyondzarathustra.com/obz-gdfd-p2-01

And yet: is not Seuss' famous, titular Cat also a seducer, in the Socratic mode, terrifying yet entrancing?

At any rate, it's interesting that Nietzsche foresees the rise of modern 'Cinema' culture ...

... also the way in which said cinema culture, which should be the basis of fierce life-promotion, may decline into decadent spectatorship! Cf. 'Goethean man', a.k.a. the 'Catilinist in the Hat', in "Uses and Abuses".

Such colors! (Would it kill you people to like & retweet?)

Wow! Rust and teal! It's as if Z has known the true color palette of my soul all these years, and yet I knew it not myself! I am really looking forward to what comes next! But Thursday seems so far away!

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