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solar anus

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Georges Bataille.  Surrealist, philosopher, anti-fascist.  My fourth-favorite thing about him is the fact that, although he considered himself a medievalist and a librarian and not a philosopher per se, he ended up being influential upon the likes of Foucault, Baudrillard and Derrida, which is kind of badass.  My third-favorite thing about him is the writing he [...]

nietzsche, the world’s first hipster

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Friedrich Nietzsche:  possessor of the most awesome mustachio in HISTORY.

Put him in a t-shirt from Threadless and slap a hat on his head, and he could be a waiter at a vegan restaurant in Silverlake.
His writing, collected at The Nietzsche Channel, is pretty good as well.

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