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WHO PUT THE “I” IN RESENTMENT?

07 Wednesday Jan 2015

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Ecce Homo, Frederich Nietzsche, Geneology of Morals, Hate, Present Age, Ressentiment, Søren Kierkegaard

Yes, what a difference an “i” makes.

Some people would read “resentment” and “ressentiment” as the same word – – – or seeing the difference but failing to look in the dictionary would take it to mean the same thing.

Not so!

Maybe the best way to explain the difference would be to look at some explanations.

Resentiment Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche,    “On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo”

“While the noble man lives in trust and openness with himself, the man of ressentiment is neither upright nor naive nor honest and straightforward with himself.  His soul squints; his spirit loves hiding places, secret paths and back doors, everything covert entices him as his world, his security, his refreshment; he understands how to keep silent, how not to forget, how to wait, how to be provisionally self-deprecating and humble.  A race of such men of ressentiment is bound to become eventually cleverer than any noble race; it will also honor cleverness to a far greater degree: namely, as a condition of existence of the first importance.”

“How much reverence has a noble man for his enemies!—and such reverence is a bridge to love.—For he desires his enemy for himself, as his mark of distinction; he can endure no other enemy than one in whom there is nothing to despise and very much to honor!  In contrast to this, picture ‘the enemy’ as the man of ressentiment conceives him—and here precisely is his deed, his creation: he has conceived ‘the evil enemy,’ ‘the Evil One,’ and this in fact is his basic concept, from which he then evolves, as an afterthought and pendant, a ‘good one’—himself!” 

Resentiment Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard,    “Present Age”

“Thus ressentiment becomes the constituent principle of want of character, which from utter wretchedness tries to sneak itself a position, all the time safeguarding itself by conceding that it is less than nothing.  The ressentiment which results from want of character can never understand that eminent distinction really is distinction.  Neither does it understand itself by recognizing distinction negatively (as in the case of ostracism) but wants to drag it down, wants to belittle it so that it really ceases to be distinguished.  And ressentiment not only defends itself against all existing forms of distinction but against that which is still to come. The ressentiment which is establishing itself is the process of leveling.”

Kierkegaard argues that individuals who do not conform to the masses are made scapegoats and objects of ridicule by the masses, in order to maintain status quo and to instill into the masses their own sense of superiority.

Resentiment Formal Definition

Ressentiment: in philosophy and psychology, is a special form of resentment or hostility.

The sense of weakness or inferiority and perhaps jealousy in the face of the “cause” generates a rejecting/justifying value system, or morality, which attacks or denies the perceived source of one’s frustration. The ego creates an enemy in order to insulate itself from culpability.

Ressentiment is not to be considered interchangeable with the normal English word “resentment”, or even the French “ressentiment”. While the normal words both speak to a feeling of frustration directed at a perceived source, neither speaks to the special relationship between a sense of inferiority and the creation of morality.

Resentiment Monthly

Can ressentiment be taught?

 

Madrassa

 

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AS I WANDERED #100 THE END

19 Saturday Apr 2014

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Please do not disturb; man reading.

“HEY!” 

“Who?” 

“Yes, you”

I said to myself.

And then with a modicum of introspection it became obvious that I was running out of ideas.

(the conversation continued)

 “It is way past time to start reading again.”

With that spoken to myself, I decided to close out this series of posts.

We are not all perfect.

So I patted myself on the back.

Fixed a good stiff drink.

And sucked it up.

If Sonny survived; then so could I!

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And like Sonny, “I SHALL RETURN”

 

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AS I WANDERED #99 NIHILISM

18 Friday Apr 2014

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Nada, Naught, Nix, Nothing, Null, Zero, Zilch

 

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I have nothing to say.

There; I have said it and I am glad.

When I do have something to say – – – I will not say it.

 

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AS I WANDERED #98 OLD SOUTHERN STORIES

17 Thursday Apr 2014

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Be Careful of Stones That You Throw, Birth of the Blues, Bubba Shot the Jukebox, Dinah Washington, Hank Williams the Elder, Jeannie C. Riley, Joe Diffie, Mark Chestnut, Olivia Newton John, Pictures From Life's Other Side, Please Mr. Please Don't Play B17, The Funeral, The Harpur Valley PTA

 

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AS I WANDERED #97 BIRDS OF MALTA

16 Wednesday Apr 2014

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Malta, Maltese Falcon and Friends

Birds of Malta 2

Birds of Malta 1

 

 

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AS I WANDERED #96 GYPSIES AND WORKERS

15 Tuesday Apr 2014

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Gypsies, Stirrings, Volga River

And some music you just do not want to get out of your head.

 

 

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AS I WANDERED #95 ‘ENERY

14 Monday Apr 2014

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Brain Imbeds, Herman's Hermits

Sometimes you just can’t get a song out of your head.

 

 

 

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AS I WANDERED #94 TEAR STAINS

13 Sunday Apr 2014

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forgiving, longing, seperation

By Oscar/Oska

The star that is shining so brightly in the night sky
Is like the lonesome me
Regretting the heart-rending love
Becoming a sad constellation of tears
If I were given another chance
To go back to the time when we had first met
I would not foolishly let you leave
I would not let it happen again
The starry sky is filled with flowing tears
If they can illuminate the yearning hearts
When you can see the mournful stars
You may be able to forgive the pitiful me
If I were given a chance again
To go back to the time when we fell in love
I would not so foolishly hurt you
I would not have let it happen again
The starry sky is filled with flowing tears
If they can illuminate the yearning hearts
When you can see the mournful stars
You may be able to forgive the pitiful me
The distance between us is farther than the starry sky
We cannot reach each other’s hearts
How many more times must I cry, how much more tears must I shed
So that my tears can overflow into your eyes
Do you understand my heart?

(Full screen to enjoy the show and the lyrics. Thank you.)

 

 

 

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AS I WANDERED #93 TROUT FISHING

12 Saturday Apr 2014

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Companions, friendship, philosophy, Reflection, Religion, Solitude

All of the fellows in the rail yard agreed that trout fishing on a small stream was much better than on a large river.

That was especially true for those who had a secret little stream somewhere up in the mountains.

Finding a secret stream and then trying not to brag about it is very hard. You wish to keep the stream for yourself but yet you would like to show a friend what a great spot you have discovered.

Finally you share it and a new type of friendship is discovered.

THE WOODLAND STREAM
Trout Fishing Poem

 

 

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AS I WANDERED #92 Conservation of Conversation

11 Friday Apr 2014

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Conversation, New Ideas, Open Mind, Other's Opinions, Thought

An acquaintance said something to me today that is still rattles around in my head. He was quoting someone or other – – – I wish I could remember who.

This is what he said.

“Not just any talk is conversation; not any talk raises consciousness. Good conversation has an edge: it opens your eyes to something, quickens your ears. And good conversation reverberates: it keeps on talking in your mind later in the day; the next day, you find yourself still conversing with what was said. That reverberation afterward is the very raising of consciousness; your mind’s been moved. You are at another level with your reflections.”

That is what I like about Bogdan. His statements keep talking to me for days on end. He builds pictures in my mind; pictures of Russia, The Straights of Darien, Tzars and other such things.

Jim McFee is no slouch either when it comes to conversation and such.  He introduced me to Barclay and his family in Henryville, Pennsylvania not to mention the Hanging Rock in Danville.

Gunther takes another tack. He talks about BOOKS and then we have to look at them and then the next thing you know we are reading them. Gunther is subtle.

Me? Not quite so much a conversationalist as a traveler. I just like to travel and see things such as Browns Landing and the Starucca Viaduct.

At other times I enjoy tweeking the nose of politicians; which someday is sure to get me in trouble.

So today I will simply hope that someone engages you in great conversation; or, better yet, that you engage someone in great conversation. Tell them something of interest.

Attempt to avoid the small talk; unless you are a salesman.

 

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