As for a "new philosophical & literary culture" (see previous post today)... let me reiterate, my attitude has nothing in common with Plato's authoritarian values. I am a true egalitarian/democratic American in my bones. My political heroes are Roger Williams, Abraham Lincoln & Martin Luther King.
What I am referring to is the possibility of a new/old intellectual stance toward spiritual/poetic/scientific meaning - the reality of Mind & Cosmos...
re Gematria and the 20th century. Joyce was obsessed with numbers, mystical and profane. Gematria is at the heart of FW, but then, so is everything else.
ReplyDeleteVery true, Jon! "there are 29 sweet reasons why blossomtimes' the best" (FW)
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