@@leonylias It is the usual rhyme for thinkers like this: They are motivated by a fear of death and an unwillingness to accept mortality, and take this as their starting point for a rejection of empiricism and intersubjective comparison to instead complain that they are unable to reach the "thing in itself" and as such clothe themselves in solipsism. Safely ensconced in this fortress they then go on to use their mind to build grand edifices to their own thoughts and at the end declare that in spite of being prisoners inside the bars of Cogito ergo sum they have still somehow reached beyond the limits of human experience to find God. I find it to be utterly predictable navel gazing. he is a very sophisticated writer though, his mastery of language is impressive, though I suspect this might be a translation?
@@rangda_prime I very much appreciate your in-depth response! There are many times in Zorba the Greek that Kazantzakis taunts himself for being too afraid to accept mortality, and instead dives into his own mind to 'explain away the situation' using concepts and ideals. Zorba is painted as a reckless and free spirit while his companion is a learned intellectual who is unable to live life burdened by his own mind. I see the clash between having the strength to truly see things and merely intellectualising as a theme running through all his work; I'm sure growing up in Crete with a military father and grandfather while having an inclination towards reading and writing himself planted this war in his mind from an early age.
Mesmerising stream consciousness writing, bravo
His novel on St Francis was life changing.
This is tantamount to the Bible in a way. Vey compact
Thanks for this
You're welcome!
Who else is here because of Jeff Bridges in that roundtable video
Me , I’m having a hard time understanding what this is about
Existential angst keeps the wheels of karma going
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He is clearly moving towards Buddhism.
What a strange mix of weakness and solipsistic narcissism.
In what way do you mean :) ?
@@leonylias It is the usual rhyme for thinkers like this: They are motivated by a fear of death and an unwillingness to accept mortality, and take this as their starting point for a rejection of empiricism and intersubjective comparison to instead complain that they are unable to reach the "thing in itself" and as such clothe themselves in solipsism. Safely ensconced in this fortress they then go on to use their mind to build grand edifices to their own thoughts and at the end declare that in spite of being prisoners inside the bars of Cogito ergo sum they have still somehow reached beyond the limits of human experience to find God. I find it to be utterly predictable navel gazing. he is a very sophisticated writer though, his mastery of language is impressive, though I suspect this might be a translation?
@@rangda_prime I very much appreciate your in-depth response! There are many times in Zorba the Greek that Kazantzakis taunts himself for being too afraid to accept mortality, and instead dives into his own mind to 'explain away the situation' using concepts and ideals. Zorba is painted as a reckless and free spirit while his companion is a learned intellectual who is unable to live life burdened by his own mind. I see the clash between having the strength to truly see things and merely intellectualising as a theme running through all his work; I'm sure growing up in Crete with a military father and grandfather while having an inclination towards reading and writing himself planted this war in his mind from an early age.
@@rangda_prime Is there anything you can recommend that runs counter to that?
@@rangda_prime "intersubjective comparison"? Prove my color red is not your color green ;)