
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), III : The Hunger of Immortality
Anaxagoras, frg. B 21a
Misattributed
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), III : The Hunger of Immortality
Transhumanism (1957)
Context: The first thing that the human species has to do to prepare itself for the cosmic office to which it finds itself appointed is to explore human nature, to find out what are the possibilities open to it (including, of course, its limitations, whether inherent or imposed by the facts of external nature)... The great men of the past have given us glimpses of what is possible in the way of personality, of intellectual understanding, of spiritual achievement, of artistic creation. But these are scarcely more than Pisgah glimpses. We need to explore and map the whole realm of human possibility, as the realm of physical geography has been explored and mapped. How to create new possibilities for ordinary living? What can be done to bring out the latent capacities of the ordinary man and woman for understanding and enjoyment; to teach people the techniques of achieving spiritual experience (after all, one can acquire the technique of dancing or tennis, so why not of mystical ecstasy or spiritual peace?); to develop native talent and intelligence in the growing child, Instead of frustrating or distorting them?
“The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.”
“Trump, who never showed the slightest glimpse of humility.”
2010s, Interview with David Marchese (2018)
Letters, Vol. II (1949) p. 53; also in The Soul of India (1974) by Satyavrata R Patel
“A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.”
“We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“For our penitence deserves a glimpse only; our toil respite only.”
Part II, Ch. 3
To the Lighthouse (1927)