Yes, well, I was speaking metaphorically and hyperbolically re: harmony.
And those passages I referred to in "Theses on Feuerbach" were referred to
because they make precisely the point you're making below about the
importance of tension in practice.
Jayson
>as to harmonising the list, that might be a lot harder than referring
>to any citation, the one i sent no less than the bearded ones'. the
>pressures toward abstract idealism and vulgar materialism are
>continually reproduced in the conditions of our lives. money would be
>the exemplar of the former, for instance. the most i suspect we can
>hope for on the list is a committment to maintaining the tension
>between the two rather than thinking that their harmonisation is
>possible *in the abstract*, or indeed desirable within the virtual
>world of cyber-spats.
>
>i'll wait to see if anyone else has any ideas who the author of the
>citation might be before awarding prizes.
>
>angela