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Page 79 of 791904 · PDF PAGE 57
…is ex- torted by the subtle vigour of Buddhist reason- ing; I am yet forced to admit that, this being so, the Five Precepts‡ are mere nonsense. If the Buddha spoke scientifically, not popularly, not rhetorically, then his precepts are not his. We must reject them or w e must interpret them. We must inqure: Are they meant to be obeyed? Or—and this is my theory—are they sarcastic and biting criticisms on existence, illustrations of the First Noble Truth; reasons, as i t wer e, for the apotheosis of annihilation? I shall so that this is so. Let me…
1904 · PDF PAGE 52
… Fer.” † This may be, but I think should not be , used as an argument to prove the poet an illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth. plainest sense we are likely to here for the rest of our lives ; then, w ith the prettiest humour in the world takes the cue of his father’s ab- surdity, and actually plays it on his enemy. Edgar’s leg is not so easily pulled—(“How long have you been a sectary astronomical ?” ll. 169, 170)—and the bastard hero, taking alarm, gets right down to business. In Scene iii. we find Lear’s senile dementia taking the peculiarly…
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
… philosophy, a doubt ofa doubt of a doubt (I offer this phrase to Frater Perdurabo for his next book), a certain vehemence of passion, a sense of humour rare in philosophers, and a determination not to be too easily understood. “Adepts,” we learn, “have praised silence; at least it does not mislead as speech does.” Frater Perdurabo howls aloud. That, suggest is'a mistake, “Page s of his book is occupied only by a mark of interrogation: a mark ot exclamation is alone inthe middle of page 6. Perhaps we may take these pages as promises of an impro…
1913 · PDF PAGE 610
… philosophy, a doubt ofa doubt of a doubt (I offer this phrase to Frater Perdurabo for his next book), a certain vehemence of passion, a sense of humour rare in philosophers, and a determination not to be too easily understood. “Adepts,” we learn, “have praised silence; at least it does not mislead as speech does.” Frater Perdurabo howls aloud. That, suggest is'a mistake, “Page s of his book is occupied only by a mark of interrogation: a mark ot exclamation is alone inthe middle of page 6. Perhaps we may take these pages as promises of an impro…