Monday, September 06, 2004
· posted at 7:44 PM
In our world, where there are more and more faces, more and more alike, it is difficult for an individual to reinforce the originality of the self and to become convinced of its inimitable uniqueness. There are two methods of cultivating the uniqueness of self: the method of addition and the method of subtraction. Agnes subtracts from her self everything that is exterior and borrowed, in order to come closer to her sheer essence (even with the risk that zero lurks at the bottom of the subtraction). Laurea's method is preceisly the opposite: in order to maker her self ever more visible, perceivable, seizable, sizable, she keeps adding to it more and more attributes and she attempts to identify herself with them (with the risk that the essence of self may be buried by the additional attributes).
Homo sentimentalis cannot be defined as man with feelings (for we all have feelings), but as a man who has raised feelings to a category of value. As soon as feelings are seen as a value, eveyone wants to feel; and because we all like to pride outselves on our values, we have a tendency to show off our feelings.
- Milan Kundera, Immortality
Homo sentimentalis cannot be defined as man with feelings (for we all have feelings), but as a man who has raised feelings to a category of value. As soon as feelings are seen as a value, eveyone wants to feel; and because we all like to pride outselves on our values, we have a tendency to show off our feelings.
- Milan Kundera, Immortality
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