tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4679339807345830580..comments2024-03-29T10:24:20.171+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Unsurprised by vitalityBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-8527331594358001282012-09-10T11:31:54.499+01:002012-09-10T11:31:54.499+01:00@MF - yes, I had forgotten about that. Fr Seraphim...@MF - yes, I had forgotten about that. Fr Seraphim Rose's analysis was superb. I was an adeherent of 'vitalism' myself, at one point. <br /><br />The general idea of 'vitalism' retains considerable influence (despite that it is indeed now an old response to loss of Christianity; which included Nietzsche from the radical side and Wilhelm Dilthey from the official side of Germanic academia - and Americans such as Whitman and Dewey or DH Lawrence in England.<br /><br />Of course vitalism is incoherent and does not work as a philosophy of life - but in a sound-bite world where coherence does not matter and reality is whatever is in the media, then vitalism retains considerable influence.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-80186110284401324042012-09-10T09:24:59.146+01:002012-09-10T09:24:59.146+01:00Fr. Seraphim Roses's vitalism is an important ...Fr. Seraphim Roses's vitalism is an important concept. Before reading his "Nihilism", I sensed but perhaps didn't really understand, how Nietzsche was part of PC. Matias F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12018666354109074544noreply@blogger.com