Althouse: "For me the best introduction is the human face. When I see two eyes, one mouth, one nose, I know I’m dealing with another human being like me."

October 24, 2019

"For me the best introduction is the human face. When I see two eyes, one mouth, one nose, I know I’m dealing with another human being like me."

"I’m like those young children who don’t care about their companions’ background so long as they smile and are willing to play."

Said the Dalai Lama.

8 comments:

clint said...: Oh, such insensitivity to the ocularly-challenged, like Congressman Dan Crenshaw!; 10/24/19, 6:33 AM
rhhardin said...: Levinas (Totality and Infinity) says everything starts with the face, it introduces morality as an explicable claim on you to help the other guy.

From which you can derive Judaism and Christianity.

Objectivity follows ethics, rather than preceding it.

So anyway the guy is not out of the serious philosophical line, albeit not the logical positivist line.; 10/24/19, 7:09 AM
Lyle said...: This Dalai Lama must be one of the best.; 10/24/19, 7:17 AM
daskol said...: What’s truly of value in life? what gives our lives meaning? We weren't born to cause trouble or harm. To be of value, we must develop basic good human qualities---warmth, kindness, compassion. Then our life will become happier and more meaningful.

Until then, we're all still stuck on the old-school conception of the good life, with its focus on crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you and, for fun, enjoying the lamentations of their women.; 10/24/19, 7:39 AM
ALP said...: Clearly triggering for the one-eyed pirates out there.; 10/24/19, 7:40 AM
daskol said...: Too bad that the very grammatical English in his twitter feed doesn't convey his almost Yoda-like spoken diction: he uses fewer words when speaking, with gestures and emphasis as important as spoken words to convey punctuation and meaning.; 10/24/19, 7:47 AM
Fernandinande said...: He seems to think like a small child, and not in a good way.

I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me I'm like those young children who don’t care about their companions’ background so long as they smile and are willing to play.; 10/24/19, 8:25 AM
Nichevo said...: rhhardin said...
Levinas (Totality and Infinity) says everything starts with the face, it introduces morality as an explicable claim on you to help the other guy.

Did he say it before or after this guy?

...Besides, I was myself aware of hurt at thought of this man whom I had tried to kill, dying alone with his fellow-creatures so near. He was right. The code of my group was stronger than I. The fact that he had hands, feet, and a body shaped somewhat like mine, constituted a claim which I could not ignore.

-- The Sea-Wolf, Jack London; 10/24/19, 8:45 AM