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Welcome, Mighara Sovmadhi. Please make yourself at home here on the Watch.
I'm a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki myself.
And if you'd like to share, you can always post your writing in The Hall of Gifts.
Again, hail and welcome!
I'm a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki myself.
And if you'd like to share, you can always post your writing in The Hall of Gifts. Again, hail and welcome!
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Re: Hey.
I don't participate in these newbie forums. This might be my first post here. I start to notice people from their posts, not their introductions. However, I saw a post about transcendental idealism, and realized you must have studied philosophy in a university setting. Not just arm-chair philosophy, but an actual sit-down-and-read-me-some-Immanuel Kant. It's been years since I've read Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. I'm more of an Edmund Husserl and Heidegger fan myself. But I'm encouraged to see other fans of this fantasy series examine these books in terms that bring to bear their full merit.Mighara Sovmadhi wrote:I first learned about TCoTCtU from a book of illustrations of fantasy creatures from different authors' work that I had access to over ten years ago; the pictures were of Drool Rockworm and the Staff of Law; everything sounded pretty cool so at the threshold of my adolescence I turned to Donaldson's premier accomplishments and my life was transformed (if not only by this). This series is so important to my self-conception that I regularly introduce myself to others in part with the question, "Have you ever read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever?" (Maybe that's just a sign of craziness...?)
Some of the lessons I think I've learned in relation to these texts: the (spiritual) equality of everyone (not just by virtue of our inherent capacity to do the right thing, but also our ability to commit massive sin--"Everyone has Lord Foul inside of them"); abiding respect for the ideal of self-command; the inherent meaningfulness of life ("In punishing yourself, you come to merit punishment--this is Despite") and the reality that makes it possible. I'm relieved to have formed the bulk of my outlook on the world in the shadow of reading Donaldson, for I have relentlessly encouraged myself by referring to it (however many other things, e.g. Hayao Miyazaki's films/graphic novels or the philosophy of, say, John Rawls, have cooperated with or in some measure overtaken it). I have to admit that even when I was suicidal recently, thinking about Covenant helped me to realize more clearly than I had before the value of going on living: if he was willing to endure what he endured and come out with grace, I should be open to doing the same thing, right? So, yeah. These mean a lot to me, and I'm glad to know that they mean a lot to a lot of others, also.
None is my favorite, I like every character (no serious issues with Linden Avery), I guess the only definite thing I think the series lacks is inclusion of a character who wouldn't tend to be identified as straight if the question of his or her orientation were pressed to the author. I wistfully thought Stave and Liand would've, err, something along these lines, but then along came that Ramen girl... *Sighs, shrugs* Anyway, I love these novels, I'm glad to "be here" (so to speak), and thanks for making it so there's a "here" to be in. Don't know how much I'll have to contribute (evidently, my "the 'real world' is in danger" theory isn't quite so innovative as I suspected, as browsing some of the already-posted threads on these forums has shown me), but hopefully I'll come up with something.
Before I forget, my username is the name of a character from my own (completely unpublished, unfinished) writing. Quick to anger, colossally powerful, enthusiastic about justice, his standing is that of quixotic savior and destroyer in the world surrounding him. I wouldn't say that this describes me, or even what I aspire to, but just reflects something inside of me.
Okay, then, here goes. *Clicks Submit*
I haven't been going too deeply into a rigorous, philosophical analysis of Donaldson because, frankly, it's not something that you can talk about with others without them reading the same philosophers. There was a poster here who made some astounding posts about Sartre, freewill, and white gold, and then he vanished. His name was Plotinus. I've copied and saved every single one of his posts. Do a search and you'll see what I mean.
Anyway, it's good to have you on the Watch. I hope you make it past Kant, to the really good stuff.
My user name is also from my own fantasy series I'm writing. Unfortunately, I came up with the name when I was 17 (I'm now 36) and didn't know it was also a very common Muslim name.
Success will be my revenge -- DJT
Re: Hey.
Welcome to the Summonsing, Malik.Malik23 wrote:I don't participate in these newbie forums. This might be my first post here.
Okay, okay. . . just had to give you a hard time about what you said. Carry on. 
hello to all
just starting white gold wielder. i look forward to reading the book and reading the opinions of others .