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i have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
// Hippolyte Taine
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Madame de Staël:
Source: The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 5
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“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
- Hippolyte Taine
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I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
Hippolyte Taine
My lovely cat
Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
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« It is not easy to live with another person, at least it is not easy for me. It makes me realize how selfish I am. It has not been easy for me to love another person either, though I am getting better at it. I can be gentle for as long as a month at a time now, before I become selfish again. I used to try to study what it meant to love someone. I would write down quotations from the works of famous writers [...]. For instance, [Hippolyte] Taine said that to love is to make one’s goal the happiness of another person. I would try to apply this to my own situation. But if loving a person meant putting him before myself, how could I do that? There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn how to love a person while continuing to be selfish. I did not think I could manage the first two, but I thought I could learn how to be just unselfish enough to love someone at least part of the time. »
— Lydia Davis, The End of the Story
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When you get publicly slapped by 4 surrealist poets because you insulted a guy's historical crush
(translation and context under the cut)
Gallantly Defending Robespierre’s Honour
In the conservative daily paper, Le Gaulois, on March 3, 1923, the journalist and man of letters, Wieland Mayr, expressed his pleasure: there would not be, he wrote, a "vile apotheosis" for "that holy scoundrel" Robespierre. On the other hand, Mathiez had the Surrealists with him. Following the article in Le Gaulois, Robert Desnos (1), accompanied by Paul Éluard (2), Max Ernst (3), and André Breton (4), summoned Mayr in a café and publicly slapped him for insulting the memory of "the Incorruptible."
Why did Mayr get Slapped?
In short: studying history in the 1920s was a messy business, especially when it came to the French Revolution….
To explain why Mayr ended up getting slapped, please allow me to briefly dive into the French Revolution's historiography during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Keep in mind, that this is a grossly oversimplified version.
Before 1848, it was pretty standard for French republicans to proudly see themselves as inheritors of Robespierre’s legacy. (If you’ve ever wondered why in Les Misérables, Enjolras’ character is very much channeling Robespierre and Saint-Just, here’s your answer!) However, things start to change with the Second Republic.
In 1847, Jules Michelet brought back the negative portrayal of Robespierre as a tyrannical "priest" and leader of a new cult. This narrative helped fuel an increasing dislike for Robespierre, with radicals like Auguste Blanqui arguing that the real revolutionaries were the atheistic Hébertists, not the Robespierrists.
Jump to the Third Republic, and the negative sentiment towards Robespierre was only getting stronger, driven by voices like Hippolyte Taine, who painted Robespierre as a mediocre figure, overwhelmed by his role. This trend was politically motivated, aiming to reshape the Revolution's legacy to align with the Third Republic's secular values. Obviously, Robespierre, the "fanatic pontiff" of the Supreme Being, didn’t quite fit this revised narrative and was made out to be the villain. Alphonse Aulard (a historian willing to stretch the truth to make his point) continued pushing Danton as the face of secular republicanism. Albert Mathiez, one of Aulard’s students, was not having any of it and strongly disagreed with his mentor’s approach.
The general disdain for Robespierre began to shift after World War I. One reason was that people could better appreciate the actions of the Revolutionary Government after experiencing the repression during the war themselves. Albert Mathiez and his colleagues were actively working to change Robespierre's tarnished image. With tensions high, it's no wonder Mayr ended up being publicly slapped by a bunch of poets who were defending the Incorruptible's honour!
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Robert Desnos (1900-1945) was a French poet deeply associated with the Surrealist movement, known for his revolutionary contributions to both poetry and resistance during World War II.
Paul Éluard (1895-1952) was a French poet and one of the founding members of the Surrealist movement, celebrated for his lyrical and passionate writings on love and liberty.
Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, a pioneering figure in the Dada and Surrealist movements known for his inventive use of collage and exploration of the unconscious.
André Breton (1896-1966) was a French writer, poet, and anti-fascist, best known as the principal founder and leading theorist of Surrealism, promoting the liberation of the human mind.
Source: The text in the picture comes from Robespierre and the Social Republic by Albert Mathiez
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I have studied philosophers and cats a lot. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.
~Hippolyte Taine•
#Hippolyte Taine, Life and philosophical opinions of a cat #photo Jumy-M "Spirit of the Tsuwabuki "
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Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval - Madame de Loynes (1862)
When Amaury-Duval painted her portrait, the Comtesse de Loynes was still just Jeanne de Tourbey. The daughter of working-class parents from Reims, she took advantage of her beauty and wit to conquer Paris and, through her lover Prince Napoleon, to open one of the most brilliant Second Empire literary salons.
This was keenly attended by writers and critics such as Charles Sainte-Beuve, Hippolyte Taine, Alexandre Dumas, and also Gustave Flaubert, who admired her "panther-like graces and devilish wit".
To do justice to such charms, Amaury-Duval called upon all the expertise he'd gleaned from portraits by his master Ingres; set in a jewel case of buttercup silk cushions, the brilliant black taffeta gown —extended by the deep purple drape and the jet-black hair— lend the downy face the opaline brightness of moonlight.
The hypnotic gaze from the shaded gray eyes, framed by earrings in the neo-Greek style, celebrates the gift of this "admirable listener".
But, comparable to the gaze of the Comtesse de Castiglione in her photographic self-portraits, this stage effect also introduces the intoxicating allure of the female sphinx, the enigmatic femme fatale, which enjoyed great success with the symbolists at the end of the century.
The critic Emile Cantrel observed that, "There is a world and a half-world in those eyes". (source)
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« Aujourd’hui l’égalité partout répandue l’a chargé des arts serviles; les progrès du luxe lui ont imposé la nécessité du gain; l’établissement des grandes machines administratives l’a écarté de la politique et de la guerre. La civilisation, en instituant l’égalité, le bien-être et l’ordre, a diminué l’audace et la noblesse de l’âme. Le bonheur est plus grand dans le monde, mais la beauté est moindre. Le nivellement et la culture, parmi tous leurs mérites, ont leurs désavantages: d’un paysage nous avons fait un potager. »
Hippolyte Taine
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08/07/2023:
The Lunar Mansion associated with today is Al-Sharatain, which is concerned with an imminent journey or trip.
It also serves as a warning to break away from a stagnant situation - and reminds us too of the double-edged nature of beginnings which are also endings.
"All external manifestations are nothing more than roads that converge to one centre, and you follow them to reach that centre and find the real person, that is, the group of abilities and feelings that produce everything else.
Here is a New World, an infinite world, because every visible action entails an infinite series of former or new reasonings" {Hippolyte Adolphe Taine 1828–1893}
The Chariot represents the action of movement, announcing the solution of a problem through opposing forces (the two horses).
The driver is the Higher Consciousness, reason then has to discipline these wayward forces in order to lead the vehicle forward.
What must be reigned in by the Worshipful Master in the Chariot?
Today, it is Saturn in Taurus 7♦️, where there is an expectation of difficulty and insecurity, coupled with a belief that your sense of worth and security cannot be provided by others so that you feel you have to "make it on your own" - although both negative energies, these feelings provide the impetus to force you to develop more of your skill and potential that if you were to assume the journey were an easy one.
This motivation is in turn ruled by Venus in Scorpio 7❤️ where you find glory in this sense of self-renewal and personal re-orientation, you discover your independent streak manifesting (Mars in Leo 7♣️), even if just for that one moment of creativity or enthusiasm for something new.
All this movement brings forth as a consequence - a nomadic preference, highlighting underlying qualities of flexibility and adaptability today.(Mercury in Cancer 3❤️)
It is here then that you find your centre, where Mercury emphasises the power of concentration and perception, a harnessing of the two opposing forces of The Chariot.
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So the historian Hippolyte Taine did not like Napoleon’s mother:
“His mother, Laetitia Ramolini, from whom, in character and in will, he derived much more than from his father, is a primitive soul on which Civilization has taken no hold. She is simple, all of a piece, unsuited to the refinements, charms, and graces of a worldly life; indifferent to comforts, without literary culture, as parsimonious as any peasant woman, but as energetic as the leader of a band.”
According to Patrice Gueniffey, he also called her “slovenly”, which pissed off one of Napoleon’s nieces, Mathilde, who banned him from her literary salon because he randomly insulted her dead grandmother.
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« Il semble qu'ayant arrêté le contour perceptible et précis de l'homme et de la vie ils aient omis le reste, et se soient dit : «Voici l'homme réel, un corps actif et sensible avec une pensée et une volonté; et voici la vie réelle, soixante ou soixante-dix années, entre les vagissements de l'enfance et le silence du tombeau. Songeons à rendre ce corps le plus alerte, le plus fort, le plus sain, le plus beau qu'il se pourra, à déployer cette pensée et cette volonté dans tout le cercle des actions viriles, à orner cette vie de toutes les beautés que des sens délicats, un esprit prompt, une âme vive et fière peuvent créer et goûter. » »
Hippolyte Taine - Philosophie de l’art
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TAGGING: @caustic-c , @hazardous-h and @sparro-of-sonder hi fellas
✧･ﾟ 𝐃𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄.
★ ⸻ WHAT'S YOUR PHONE WALLPAPER?
Looks at his phone. “You can change that?” It is the default.
★ ⸻ MOST RECENT SONG? DESCRIBE YOUR BESTFRIEND
“He’s a quirky dramatic. Also my roommate.”
★ ⸻ CURRENTLY READING?
“Great question, a few different things actually.” Pulls out a short stack of books: Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Agrippa, Nouveaux Essais de Critique et d’Histoire by Hippolyte Taine, and First Lessons in Darning & Mending published by Manchester School.
★ ⸻ LAST MOVIE? BEST WAY TO DIE?
“Quietly. I’d prefer to do the transition from sleep to comatose to death. I hope I’m dreaming of something kind.”
★ ⸻ LAST SHOW?
“How It’s Made, on cotton yarn.”
★ ⸻ WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?
“Sweater. Dark loose slacks,” lifts his leg, peering the bottom of his foot, “And dirty socks.”
★ ⸻ HOW TALL ARE YOU? WHATS YOUR BEST QUALITY?
“Hmm… Perseverance.”
★ ⸻ PIERCINGS / TATTOOS?
None. No reason just disinterested.
★ ⸻ GLASSES / CONTACTS?
“None. I have my father’s eyes.”
★ ⸻ LAST THING YOU ATE?
“Hm.. ate?” This question needs a moment of thought. He keeps fairly full with liquids. “Crackers, I think.”
★ ⸻ FAVORITE COLOR(S)?
“Greens, blues, greys.” Muted, neutrals.
★ ⸻ DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH RIGHT NOW?
“I’d like to opt-out.” Any he would admit? Out loud, or to himself? God no. However, Umbral does have his moments..
★ ⸻ FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER?
“Heinrich Faust, of Goethe’s Faust.”
★ ⸻ LAST PLACE YOU VISITED?
“The library.” What are they keeping back there?
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« Tous les articles de la déclaration des droits de l'homme, c'est à dire les immortels principes de 1789, sont des poignards dirigés contre la société humaine et il n'y a qu'à pousser le manche pour faire entrer la lame. »
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“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” – Hippolyte Taine
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