Quote vs. Quote
Posted by ben on 01 Aug 2008 at 03:14 pm | Tagged as: books, graffiti, outsider, poetry, vs.
There is a Jewish proverb which says that “the other’s material needs are my spiritual needs;” it is this disproportion, or asymmetry, that characterizes the ethical refusal of the first truth of ontology–the struggle to be.
… The ethical situation is a human situation, beyond human nature, in which the idea of God comes to mind. In this respect, we could say that God is the other who turns our nature inside out, who calls our ontological will-to-be into question.
Jesus
Others
You!
Oh, for chrissakes!
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you comes to mind…quantum physics has demonstrated that all humans are connected. “We are one”, as the metaphysicists tell us. Taking care of my neighbor is also taking care of myself.