Glycon (A mad world)
by George Jelliss 
, Crewe, Thursday, June 19, 2014, 21:12 (3808 days ago)
Reading "Europe: A History" by Norman Davies I came across a Greek quotation (p.115) which in a translation by Peter Jay says: -Everything's laughter, everything dust, everything nothing. Out of unreason comes everything that exists.-I find this quite an attractive philosophy. I may give up rationalism in favour of this. A sort of paradoxicalism?-Apparently these two lines of verse are all that is known of Glycon.-http://catalog.perseus.org/catalog/Mtlg0194Glyco-Anyone know any more?
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GPJ
Glycon
by GateKeeper , Thursday, June 19, 2014, 21:45 (3808 days ago) @ George Jelliss
Reading "Europe: A History" by Norman Davies > I came across a Greek quotation (p.115) > which in a translation by Peter Jay says: > > Everything's laughter, everything dust, everything nothing. > Out of unreason comes everything that exists. > > I find this quite an attractive philosophy. > I may give up rationalism in favour of this. > A sort of paradoxicalism? > > Apparently these two lines of verse > are all that is known of Glycon. > > http://catalog.perseus.org/catalog/Mtlg0194Glyco > > Anyone know any more?-Yep.-I settled on the notion that I die not knowing so enjoy and get the next generation ready. We all do this in a way; so why do we fight over such things?
Glycon
by David Turell , Friday, June 20, 2014, 05:43 (3808 days ago) @ George Jelliss
> George: Anyone know any more?-Wikipedia has a section about Glycon the snake god culture:-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycon
Glycon
by George Jelliss , Crewe, Friday, June 20, 2014, 21:36 (3807 days ago) @ David Turell
Errm Yes. But that's nothing to do with Glycon the poet! There are also pages on the internet about Glycon the chemical. All very interesting I'm sure, but hardly relevant. -I like the idea that any metaphysical conversation about a supposed origin of the universe, or whether something can come from nothing, is all basically meaningless and can never be rationally resolved, because there is an irrational paradox involved.
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Glycon
by GateKeeper , Saturday, June 21, 2014, 02:49 (3807 days ago) @ George Jelliss
Errm Yes. > But that's nothing to do with Glycon the poet! > There are also pages on the internet about Glycon the chemical. > All very interesting I'm sure, but hardly relevant. > > I like the idea that any metaphysical conversation about > a supposed origin of the universe, or whether something can come from nothing, > is all basically meaningless and can never be rationally resolved, > because there is an irrational paradox involved.-I always thought "paradox" as limits in our understanding. So I think of them as "human paradox's" not universal ones.