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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - The Philosophy of History
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This was a long read that took me quite a while to get into. In essence, Hegel argues that the entirety of man's existence - social and religious - has been a struggle to realize his own freedom, and he substantiates this with his analysis of various cultures throughout history - Greek, Roman, Etc and finally ending with Christianity.
His learning and erudition are formidable, and this made for a welcome relief to IK Marvel's saccharine "Reveries of a Bachelor". Which - as I felt obliged to finish I'll let you know that he finishes his daydreaming no longer a bachelor, happily married - and - a curious note - he laments the loss of his 2 year old, "Paul", drowned in a creek outside his house - and you think what a different era that you'd allow a 2 year old to play alongside a creek unsupervised all day and then wonder where he is come dinner...
Perhaps a little less time daydreaming and a little more parenting would have spared him this tragedy, but you can't judge a different era by current standards, that said...
July Long
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The first - the beginning - of Summer. Crazy, but for an hour at a time, then the restaurant empties.
And - as crazy as it is, and we're short staffed once again - it's not as crazy as previous years, eating out has become a luxury that few can afford.
The restaurant fills, pandemonium, but at the end half the tables are there only to share a small order of fries and a couple of beer, so appearances are deceiving and we're busier in appearances than the ring-outs would indicate.
Saturday, I work the day and manage the evening off. This was not planned, but - in the event it happened there were plans afoot. "Labour of Love", a rave in the Valley.
A long drive in third gear but I make it, and the night passes mighty fine until 3:00 AM because, while Saturday night off is a boon I have to work Sunday. When I wake at 8:00 AM the music is still going and - really, it was half a night out, but half a night out is better than none.
Sunday, again, pandemonium for an hour at lunch, a few hours at dinner, the same again Monday, Summer is officially here and maybe, just maybe I can start paying some bills...
All Possibilities of Rain Exhausted
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The thermometer's rising, by 6:00 AM my car's unlivable, it's the search for AC and Shade. Wake, drenched in sweat, the sun warming the oven. For a few days there's been the hint, promise of rain, but the forecast for the next week has nothing, merely 30+ degree temperatures, and all this heading into the July long weekend...
This is going to be a long summer, and yet too brief given the number of bills I have yet to pay.
5 more days until my next day off, 10 more weeks until I wrestle some portion of my life back from this, and then - too quickly thereafter, unemployment, and the game is to pay all the bills outstanding and upcoming before the famine begins...
Come and See
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The last movie downloaded on my phone, but an absolute Masterpiece.
A Soviet "Anti-War" film it follows a young conscript after he joins the resistance against German Occupation in Belarus.
Visually spectacular, amazing choreography, casting, acting, cinematography - it takes an entirely different view on war than most Western films - there are no heroes, only victims standing in the midst of surreal and horrifying circumstance. While I've read abundant descriptions and books that take the same tack, I've yet to see it realized as successfully as this in film.
6/5 Stars, a "Must-See".
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