I love Pluribus, but I do acknowledge that it’s a tough watch, almost more of a reflection that you need to spend 15 minutes with at a time, I was deeply moved by the Darien Pass episode, which felt like a man who understood his mission and was willing to do anything it took to accomplish it
I haven’t seen the show, but the sentiment comes through nonetheless. Also, haven’t read much of Marcel, though the notion of “a cancer-tissue” has become increasingly more obvious, pending the destruction of the planet at the hands of mass humanity, fueled by technological advancement. Cioran is clearly an antithesis to Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, and other Christian-inflected existentialists, perhaps not entirely. But what appears in Cioran is that he is a diagnostician of ostensible human “achievement,” which, to me, finds resonance with your description of Marcel: writers who diagnose humanity’s ailments rather than attempting to provide descriptive panaceas
Marcel is absolutely worth looking into -- he's actually somewhat hopeful (more so than an Ellul) that human beings can yet turn the tide. A Carol Sturka, perhaps! ;)
I love Pluribus, but I do acknowledge that it’s a tough watch, almost more of a reflection that you need to spend 15 minutes with at a time, I was deeply moved by the Darien Pass episode, which felt like a man who understood his mission and was willing to do anything it took to accomplish it
No question — easily one of the best episodes of the season. Almost pure cinema too. Very little dialogue…
I haven’t seen the show, but the sentiment comes through nonetheless. Also, haven’t read much of Marcel, though the notion of “a cancer-tissue” has become increasingly more obvious, pending the destruction of the planet at the hands of mass humanity, fueled by technological advancement. Cioran is clearly an antithesis to Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, and other Christian-inflected existentialists, perhaps not entirely. But what appears in Cioran is that he is a diagnostician of ostensible human “achievement,” which, to me, finds resonance with your description of Marcel: writers who diagnose humanity’s ailments rather than attempting to provide descriptive panaceas
Marcel is absolutely worth looking into -- he's actually somewhat hopeful (more so than an Ellul) that human beings can yet turn the tide. A Carol Sturka, perhaps! ;)