Favorite Ligotti Story

[gveranon]

Quote Originally Posted by Nemonymous

Isn't Schopenhauer concerned with cannibalism at some point? And Mr Can is both a garbage can and a cannibal?

Hmm... I'm not aware of anything Schopenhauer said about cannibalism, but I've read maybe about 20 percent of what he wrote: some of the sections in vol. 2 of WW&R and some of the essays in P&P. If you remember what he said about cannibalism, I'd be morbidly interested to know.

Since writing my earlier post, I've had a chance to glance briefly at MWINYD, and I see that I misremembered some things. I'd forgotten that Dominio/Domino was in some sense incorporeal in the later sections of the story. And I should not have said he was like a puppet; rather, he became more capable of violently assertive will than his past meek self had ever been. He was really using the cosmic, Swinish will at the same time that it was using him. Embarrassing to post inaccurately about a story I hadn't read in a long time. And I still haven't reread it thoroughly, so these latest comments may be off-base, too.

	MWINYD My Work Is Not Yet Done

[Nemonymous]

I'm not an expert on Schopenhauer but I had a sense that he mentioned cannibalism as part of his philosophy. Googling 'schopenhauer' and 'cannibalism' bears this out to a small extent.

For example found the quotation below here

--Documents

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Moreover, the concept of wrong is in Schopenhauer’s model “most completely,
peculiarly, and palpably expressed in cannibalism … the terrible picture of the greatest
conflict of the will with itself at the highest grade of its objectification which is man”
(335). It is the picture of the greatest conflict of the will with itself not only because it
represents the ultimate denial of the victim’s will-to-live but because it also satisfies,
albeit temporarily, that most universal manifestation of the will-to-live of the offender.

Not sure to what the 335 refers.
des

[gveranon]

Quote Originally Posted by Nemonymous

I'm not an expert on Schopenhauer but I had a sense that he mentioned cannibalism as part of his philosophy. Googling 'schopenhauer' and 'cannibalism' bears this out to a small extent. For example found the quotation below here http://www.lib.utk.edu/newfoundpress...vanarticle.pdf: Moreover, the concept of wrong is in Schopenhauer’s model “most completely, peculiarly, and palpably expressed in cannibalism … the terrible picture of the greatest conflict of the will with itself at the highest grade of its objectification which is man” (335). It is the picture of the greatest conflict of the will with itself not only because it represents the ultimate denial of the victim’s will-to-live but because it also satisfies, albeit temporarily, that most universal manifestation of the will-to-live of the offender.

Interesting. From what little I've read about the mind-set of cannibals, they seem to actually think this way about what they do. Destroy your enemies but assimilate their strength into yourself by eating them. Primitive tribes and urban psychopaths both seem to think this way about it. Cannibals are natural Schopenhauerians! (Schopenhauerian in their vision of life but not Schopenhauerian in their ethics, since he recommended opting out of the struggle for life.)

And of course this does fit in with the dark themes of MWINYD.

	MWINYD My Work Is Not Yet Done

[Mr Can]

This TLO thread is also relevant: This is very odd/disturbing - THE NIGHTMARE NETWORK
Brought me here in the first place. The Silent One was not silent enough.

	TLO THOMAS LIGOTTI ONLINE

[Nemonymous]

To cleanse the palate of this thread, does anyone, like me, find it too difficult to choose one story as a favourite. Indeed the word 'favourite' seems inappropriate.
Ligotti does not contain favourites, as to have favourites shows that there are jewels in the life-box worth picking out.

I read Ligotti-labeled work as a penance. A hair-shirt. And I mean that respectfully towards any sensitive beings that may lie behind 'Ligotti'.

des

[Severini]

TL`s stories which gave me the most pleasure are:

The Chimist
Dr. Voke and Mr. Veech
Dr. Locrian´s Asylum
Notes of writing Horror: A story
Nethescurial
The Coccoons
The Strange Design of Master Rignolo
Teatro Grotesco
The Bungalow House
The Demon Man

[Nemonymous]

A good choice there, severini.
I'd add Gas Street Carnivals and Purity.

[G. S. Carnivals]

Quote Originally Posted by Nemonymous

To cleanse the palate of this thread, does anyone, like me, find it too difficult to choose one story as a favourite.

Perhaps the term "most pleasing" or "most satisfying" is in order. Nevertheless, all story or poem mentions boil down to the subjectivity of members. And thank you for clearing the palate, as it were. The thought of the taste of human flesh is tops on my list of that which disgusts me. , , , and an extra !

[actualwolf]

Ever since receiving it in an automated message from TLO, I send "Happy Birthday" to everyone I know to commemorate the day they were born.

Reactions vary widely.

	TLO THOMAS LIGOTTI ONLINE

[candy]

I really have a soft spot for Purity. For some reason this story really speaks to me!!! I do also love the Last Feast of Harlequin, The Bungalow House and Dream of a Mannikin