Directions Out
Part I: Indirections
“By indirections, find directions out.”
— Polonius in Hamlet: II, i
“Foremost among the structural similarities between Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein… is the use of indirect communication: as paradoxical as it may sound, both authors deliberately obfuscate their philosophy for the purposes of clarifying it…. let us examine more closely particular instances of indirect communication from both of the philosophers with the intention of finding similarity. ‘By indirections, find directions out.’ – Polonius in Hamlet: II, i“
On religious numerology (indirections)…
For the page number “373” as indicating “eternity,” see
Zen and Language Games (5/2/03), which features Wittgenstein,
Language Game (1/14/04), also featuring Wittgenstein, and
Note 31, page 373, in Kierkegaard’s Works of Love (1964 Harper Torchbook paperback, tr. by Howard and Edna Hong),
which says “Compare I John 4:17.”
Okay….
4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
The reference to Judgment Day leads us back to Linda Hamilton, who appears (some say, as noted in Zen and Language Games, as the Mother of God) in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and to Part II of our meditation….
Part II: Directions Out
“This Way to the Egress”
— Sign supposedly written by P. T. Barnum
A Google search on this phrase leads to the excellent website
Related thoughts….
A link from Part I of a log24 entry for Thursday, April 22:
ART WARS:
Judgment Day
(2003, 10/07)
to the following —
Frame not included in
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Dr. Silberman: You broke my arm!
Sarah Connor: There are
two-hundred-fifteen bones
in the human body,
[expletive deleted].
That’s one.
This suggests, in light of the above-mentioned religious interpretation of Terminator 2, in light of the 2003 10/07 entry, and in light of the April 22 10:07 PM log24 invocation, the following words from the day after the death of Sgt. Pat Tillman:
Doonesbury April 23, 2004
A more traditional farewell, written by a soldier, for a soldier, may be found at The Summoning of Everyman site mentioned above: