okay i generally find that i dont mind having to be gluten free, the celiac isn't a big deal, but not having the ability to eat these anymore is genuinely like 15 9/11s
forcing other people to read plato to offset my karmic debt for being into deleuze, like a carbon offset, or donating to shrimp welfare after eating meat
schopenhauer's debt to spinoza becomes very clear as he elucidates his idea of virtue -- the recognition of the shared nature of humanity as the basis of a love which allows one to renounce the will, though this denial of striving is of course far from what spinoza was up to...
Moby-Dick is a rhapsody on the high seas. Melville's own language reflects what is going on in the novel. The serene and melodious language in moments of harmony with Nature. The harsh and crude language in moments of struggle and collision. Read it. You can't unhear it!