Oodles and oodles of life

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Tue Apr 9 00:05:27 PDT 2002


Ian wrote:


> > >If I remember right William Barret reported that when Heidegger had DT
>Suzuki
>> >read to him, exclaimed "that is what I have been trying to say all this
>time"
>> >or some such.
>>
>> If you are turned off by modernity and materialism and attracted to
>> religious ways of looking at life and death, I'd think that you might
>> as well pick a religion -- zen or whatever -- and stick to it. Why
>> develop a new jargon of authenticity, when older ones are just as
>> serviceable?
>> --
>> Yoshie
>>
>====================
>
>Where did I claim I was turned off by modernity and materialism?

Not "you, Ian," but "you in general," including Heidegger.


>I'm not sure zen is a religion.

Probably all the more convenient for those who are too sophisticated to believe in Judaism, Christianity, & Islam. -- Yoshie

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