“A more subtle misconception is that of a hypostasis of evil as indestructible reality, a kind of primal scene, a sort of substratum of accumulated death-drive. The radicality of evil is seen as that of a naturally inevitable force, associated always with violence, suffering and death. Hence Sloterdijk's hypothesis that 'the reality of reality is the eternal return of violence'. To which he opposes a 'pacifism that is in keeping with our most advanced theoretical intuitions, a deep-level pacifism, based on a radical analysis of the circularity of violence, deciphering the forces that determine its eternal return'. A radical analysis, then, to remedy the radical evil. But can a 'radical' analysis have a finality of whatever kind? Is it not itself part of the process of evil?” EvilAnalysisRemedyVengeancePacifismRadicalismDeath DriveSloterdijk Book:The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact Source: The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact
“Once the arrow has left the bowstring, it has no power to come back. The moon's brightness shines, revealing the night traveller.” FateMoonZenArtemisCycleArrowDeath Drive Book:The Blue Cliff Record Source: The Blue Cliff Record