Klarinet Archive - Posting 000268.txt from 2005/05

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Wagner again
Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 15:29:39 -0400

On 15 May, ormo2ndtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya) wrote:

> Fortunately for existence as we know it, we are incapable of considering
> all aspects of something simultaneously.
>
> From this comes the concept of "context", and this leaves us with the
> question of how large a context we should (or can) choose when
> considering a particular thing.

My own opinion is that we should, sequentially, explore all interesting
contexts, inasfar as we can determine them.

In the case of Wagner, not all of the contexts have been considered. The
context 'Wagner as an antisemite' and 'Wagner as a protonazi' have had
consideration over and above other contexts, like 'Wagner as a Schopenhauer
disciple', or 'Wagner as a revolutionary'.

Which is why Magee's book is interesting.

Tony
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