November 03, 2018 Saturday
Bedtime Story
How Religions Discourage Hedonism that Arises from Absurd
This is the direct threat from Allah to
hedonists and libertines (and just in case if his threat fails to send the
message to people directly there are his follower apes to make sure people get
the communiqué):
“Those who chose the worldly life and its
pleasures will be given proper recompense for their deeds in this life and will
not suffer any loss.
Such people will receive nothing in the
next life except Hell fire.
Their deeds will be made devoid of all
virtue and their efforts will be in vain.”
Quran 11:15-16 (This is one of the many
translations available).
Hell fire is a common threat in all the
Abrahamic religions and from what I see around as evidence it does not seem to
be very effective in policing the moral and civil values of human apes.
In fact much before the Abrahamic religions
evolved the Sumerians of Ancient Mesopotamia had come out with their own
version of hell which albeit was without its fire.
The civilization that came after it, that
is the Egyptian civilization, was responsible for introducing fire into this
hell for it must have upon some priest as to what kind of hell would it be
without fire to burn the dead souls.
Returning to Don Juan the ultimate
womanizer, he in the eyes of Camus represents the type of man who would or
should arise when confronted with the absurd of our existence.
The second type of person is the movie star
of the kind one sees in Hollywood movies.
Such a person lives for that passing fame
and glamour and then it is all downhill.
The third type of person is the warring
Emperor who entire life is dedicated to conquests and expansion of his empire.
In modern days one would rank politicians
among them whose sole raison d’être is winning elections after elections, states
after states knowing that no electoral win is final and acutely aware that some
future leader will try to erase them from the history no matter how mighty they
seemed during their reign.
These are men of action who have very
little time or inclination for contemplation.
With this Camus ends the second chapter of
the book and goes on to the third chapter where he takes up the topic of
creative art and men who indulge in it.
Such men include writers, artists of all
hues and perhaps in today’s world film makers that is the most sought-after and
popular form of art and fiction that
requires an entire ensemble of creative people (and also a lot more average
apes) working in unison.
He says that art exists because the world
does not make sense and is absurd.
In his own words:
“If the world were clear, art would not
exist”.
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Good night Mon Ami and my fellow cousin ape.
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Another great educator and a teacher that I am aware of is
Professor Subhashish Chattopadhyay in Bangalore, India.
While I narrate stories, Professor Subhashish an electronic
engineer and a former professor at BARC, does and teaches real mathematics and
physics.
He started the participation of Indian students at the
International Physics Olympiad.
Do visit him here:
All his books can be downloaded for free through this link:
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