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The end of the road behind The step from the cliff above and behind The swirling of smoke and no fire left The bottom of the whirlpool twisting from sight The emptiness after the slap, before the welt outswells The end game of every philosophy: ab nihilo, entre nihilo The logical declension through insanity to catatonia Thought leading to the nth degree without the subsequent, "Oh!" Critical thought without foundations Building without bedrock Runaway locomotive, off the tracks Leaving home without good-bye and no way back
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Feb 25, 2015
Feb 25, 2015 at 2:38 PM UTC
Nihilism
The end of the road behind The step from the cliff above and behind The swirling of smoke and no fire left The bottom of the whirlpool twisting from sight The emptiness after the slap, before the welt outswells The end game of every philosophy: ab nihilo, entre nihilo The logical declension through insanity to catatonia Thought leading to the nth degree without the subsequent, "Oh!" Critical thought without foundations Building without bedrock Runaway locomotive, off the tracks Leaving home without good-bye and no way back
Thinking about the Philosopher's statement that "Everything is vanity."
don-bouchard
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Feb 25, 2015
Feb 25, 2015 at 2:38 PM UTC
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