I just made up the phrase, it’s not a very good one. I meant basically how animals are at least true to their natures and instincts and don’t pretend to be something they’re not. Wolves have more of it than dogs. Chesterton talks about a similar phenomenon among humans when he talks about how pagans did what they did soulfully and authentically, as opposed to modern anti-Christians who only take up paganistic and heathenish ideals and practices more out of a sense of rebellion. I like how folk like Hofstadter and probably a lot postmodern lit geeks and analytic philosophers I don’t know about manage to avoid the insincere orthodoxy versus inauthentic rebellion dilemma by jumping out of the system. I’m being vague. I get access to a real keyboard for the first time in weeks later today.
I just made up the phrase, it’s not a very good one. I meant basically how animals are at least true to their natures and instincts and don’t pretend to be something they’re not. Wolves have more of it than dogs. Chesterton talks about a similar phenomenon among humans when he talks about how pagans did what they did soulfully and authentically, as opposed to modern anti-Christians who only take up paganistic and heathenish ideals and practices more out of a sense of rebellion. I like how folk like Hofstadter and probably a lot postmodern lit geeks and analytic philosophers I don’t know about manage to avoid the insincere orthodoxy versus inauthentic rebellion dilemma by jumping out of the system. I’m being vague. I get access to a real keyboard for the first time in weeks later today.