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Favorite Atheist Poet?
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 Favorite Atheist Poet?
August 3, 2014 at 1:55 am
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2014 at 2:06 am by Mudhammam.)
I gotta say, Lucretius (first-century B.C.), whose "The Nature of Things" I just began reading, is mind-boggingly good and in many respects far ahead of his time!
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
Since english is not my native and I don't read a lot of english literature, I'll pick portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, a true genius from the beginning of the 20th century, and an atheist unlike what most people thought, despite having doubts expressed in his poems
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
Emily Dickinson. Sad, dark, and poignant. Her use of imagery is very haunting.
 (August 3, 2014 at 1:55 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: I gotta say, Lucretius (first-century B.C.), whose "The Nature of Things" I just began reading, is mind-boggingly good and in many respects far ahead of his time! He's my favorite too. One of the best verses in the whole poem is "Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum" (such evil could religion suggest) which refers to Agamennon sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia but which I think is a sadly recurring truth in human history.
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped. Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses. Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder. Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids." (August 3, 2014 at 2:19 pm)oukoida Wrote:(August 3, 2014 at 1:55 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: I gotta say, Lucretius (first-century B.C.), whose "The Nature of Things" I just began reading, is mind-boggingly good and in many respects far ahead of his time! Yes! I believe that was in Book I. That was definitely one of the ones I highlighted.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
Found these by A.A. Milne:
"The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief—call it what you will—than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course" And: "Elizabeth Ann Said to her Nan: "Please will you tell me how God began? Somebody must have made Him. So Who could it be, 'cos I want to know?"" |
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