This project consists of two parts. The FINAL CHAPTER material begins on Tuesday, 2 March 2004 and ends on Monday, 5 July 2004. Part II begins on Tuesday, 6 July 2004 and concludes on Friday, 31 December 2004.
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Please note: At the end of each note or piece of text a link appears to the next one.
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“What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world – and defines himself afterwards.”
Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism (1946)
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“Characteristic of philosophical Cynicism was a mordant, cynical criticism of customs, institutions and religious opinions, coupled with withdrawal into a private sphere, free of constraints, where one could live in accordance with one’s convictions.”
The Story of Philosophy, Christoph Delius, et al. (2000)
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“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”
~ Cyril Connolly, The New Statesman (1933)
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Introduction to the FINAL CHAPTER
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Tuesday, 2 March 2004
Thursday, 11 March 2004
Saturday, 13 March 2004
Monday, 15 March 2004
On civilisation, and barbarians
A rediscovery of an ancient idea
Saturday, 20 March 2004
Tuesday, 23 March 2004
Wednesday, 24 March 2004
Sunday, 28 March 2004
Monday, 29 March 2004
Hi-valu – for those who value it
Tuesday, 30 March 2004
Thursday, 1 April 2004
Saturday, 3 April 2004
Just be a bad actor for us, okay …
Monday, 5 April 2004
Thursday, 8 April 2004
The SELF is born (and other notes of a particular day)
Friday, 9 April 2004
New face on the cards (and on the telephone)
Monday, 12 April 2004
Pale | descendant | I still live
A computer piece: Monday 12 April 2004
Tuesday, 13 April 2004
Not an exile essay even if it looks like one
Statement 1, Statement 2, Question … and Answer
Wednesday, 14 April 2004
Is it me, or is it Environment Z?
Friday, 23 April 2004
Saturday, 24 April 2004
Sunday, 25 April 2004
I own seven pairs of underwear …
Monday, 26 April 2004
Original start of the FINAL CHAPTER
Thursday, 29 April 2004
The rebels start arguing – but it’s just the quiet before the storm
Friday, 30 April 2004
Saturday, 1 May 2004
Wednesday, 5 May 2004
Saturday, 8 May 2004
A life that makes sense – for the sake of a project
Sunday, 9 May 2004
The loner and the community (i)
Wednesday, 12 May 2004
Monday, 17 May 2004
Tuesday, 18 May 2004
Thursday, 20 May 2004
Application of a theory/The SELF and environment
Sunday, 23 May 2004
The loner and the community (ii)
Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Identify your SELF – and how it is identified to you
Friday, 28 May 2004
Tuesday, 1 June 2004
Self-knowledge, identity and the Dalai Lama
Wednesday, 2 June 2004
Conversation with Mormon missionaries on the train
Friday 4 June 2004
Saturday, 5 June 2004
Creative profit or not – the most recent opinion
Sunday, 6 June 2004
Monday 7 June 2004
A new approach? | Precondition for commitment
Tuesday, 8 June 2004
Accept yourself (even if it’s only to save time)
So that the masses know | Life is a pleasure ride
Wednesday, 9 June 2004
What is a book without a reader?
Friday, 11 June 2004
Tuesday, 15 June 2004
Traditional knowledge, and old screws
A cargo train hits one that messes around too much on his own track
Wednesday, 16 June 2004
Thursday, 17 June 2004
Sunday, 20 June 2004
It’s only a game, and the rules can be figured out
Wednesday, 23 June 2004
Identity, the SELF, and the result of everything
Friday, 25 June 2004
The GIVEN SELF, and the role of intellectuals
Sunday, 27 June 2004
Prove your … no, prove the SELF
The formula that leads to result
Monday, 28 June 2004
Tuesday, 29 June 2004
What is GIVEN, and what you CHOOSE
Wednesday, 30 June 2004
Money, the labour market, and how you function
Thursday, 1 July 2004
The value of personal agendas (I & II)
Saturday, 3 July 2004
The difference between the ENLIGHTENED and the UNENLIGHTENED
Sunday, 4 July 2004
Salute to the brilliant nine! (out of every ten)
Monday, 5 July 2004
Origin of the SELF (and do reptiles have souls?)
Important notes on what the book is about
Tuesday, 6 July 2004
Wednesday, 7 July 2004
Friday, 9 July 2004
Conclusions on Friday, 9 July 2004
Sunday, 11 July 2004
Organs, republics and other subjects
Wednesday, 14 July 2004
The fuller meaning of the “given self/chosen self” idea
Friday, 16 July 2004
Is “Brand Smit” a workable Homo sapiens model?
Monday, 19 July 2004
Tuesday, 20 July 2004
It is a struggle, and you have to choose your side
Wednesday, 21 July 2004
Just when you thought you knew yourself
Wednesday, 28 July 2004
Sunday, 1 August 2004
Who’s that guy in the mirror? (And why is he looking at me?)
Monday, 2 August 2004
To grow and to develop and to express – or to choose not to
Wednesday, 4 August 2004
What would you be if you didn’t have to APPEAR?
Identity and the identity of God
Friday, 6 August 2004
I-am-who-I-was (even though we’re only related)
Saturday, 7 August 2004
Thought number two + Thought number one
Sunday, 8 August 2004
Notes at airports and in the air
Tuesday, 10 August 2004
Thursday, 12 August 2004
Friday, 13 August 2004
Community or intellectual/spiritual enlightenment
The hermit (and his loved ones), first notations
Sunday, 15 August 2004
The hermit (and his loved ones), second notations
Friday, 20 August 2004
Monday, 23 August 2004
Identity, survival, functioning
Tuesday, 24 August 2004
Monday, 30 August 2004
Friday, 3 September 2004
Lose yourself, or apply yourself
Saturday, 4 September 2004
In transit, and thinking | Welcome back
Monday, 6 September 2004
Some afterthoughts to “Lose yourself or apply yourself”
Tuesday, 7 September 2004
Lose yourself, or be yourself …
Wednesday, 8 September 2004
07:40 – At least a half a cup of coffee later … – And seeing that it’s Wednesday – 23:43
Sunday, 12 September 2004
Monday, 13 September 2004
Boredom, and actions that compensate (and my English class on a Monday afternoon)
A few questions on Monday, 13 September 2004
Tuesday, 14 September 2004
Is the demonstration over yet? (Because I would like to continue with my existence)
Wednesday, 15 September 2004
Thursday, 16 September 2004
The whole truth, loneliness, and practical arrangements
Monday, 20 September 2004
For the record … Existential question
Tuesday, 21 September 2004
Thursday, 23 September 2004
A principle, on Thursday, 23 September 2004
Friday, 24 September 2004
Monday, 27 September 2004
Tuesday, 28 September 2004
Wednesday, 29 September 2004
Friday, 1 October 2004
Dental floss and other measures for survival
Saturday, 2 October 2004
Purpose of existence, three sets of comments
Sunday, 3 October 2004
Thursday, 7 October 2004
About monkeys and (so-called) originality
Friday, 8 October 2004
Saturday, 9 October 2004
Argument of the casual drug user
Sunday, 10 October 2004
Tuesday, 12 October 2004
Morning, afternoon and evening on Tuesday, 12 October 2004
Wednesday, 13 October 2004
Thursday, 14 October 2004
Faith, hope, and love – and the emergency measures to make up for the absence of these things
Thoughts running wild during the 41st week of 2004
Monday, 18 October 2004
A few points on Monday, 18 October 2004
Tuesday, 19 October 2004
“Good government” and adequate identification data
Wednesday, 20 October 2004
The contradiction in my idealism
Saturday, 23 October 2004
Monday, 1 November 2004
I am rich – until I need to replenish my cereal stock
Tuesday, 2 November 2004
Short essay on the chasm of unorthodox views
Wednesday, 3 November 2004
Thursday, 4 November 2004
On the material currently under review
Tuesday, 9 November 2004
A (new) existence in three essential steps
Wednesday, 10 November 2004
Thursday, 11 November 2004
Dear 18 to 35-year-old reader …
Sexual desire, social appearances, and the accompanying view of the self
Saturday, 13 November 2004
Sunday, 14 November 2004
Tuesday, 16 November 2004
The sins of the SOURCE are paid a visit …
Thursday, 18 November 2004
Friday, 26 November 2004
Never too early for heretical thoughts
To accept the knocks in your programming, or not
Monday, 29 November 2004
To look down on the children: a rant
Tuesday, 30 November 2004
RECOGNITION & APPEARANCE: Note I: The WRITER’s complaint
Wednesday, 1 December 2004
RECOGNITION & APPEARANCE: Note II: The insight hits
Thursday, 2 December 2004
RECOGNITION & APPEARANCE: Note III: The insight hits with more impact
Friday, 3 December 2004
Monday, 6 December 2004
Value and meaning, and the insight of children
Tuesday, 7 December 2004
Thursday, 9 December 2004
Travel packages for life, note I
Togetherness and the individual
Friday, 10 December 2004
Travel packages for life, note II
Saturday, 11 December 2004
To possess the right math and science
Sunday, 12 December 2004
Travel packages for life, note III
Monday, 13 December 2004
Travel packages for life, note IV
Travel packages for life, note V
Thursday, 16 December 2004
Friday, 17 December 2004
Insights on Friday, 17 December 2004 as they arrived
Sunday, 19 December 2004
Small discovery after a short trip
Wednesday, 22 December 2004
Processes, phrases and choices
Thursday, 23 December 2004
Appearances, gifts that serve an agenda, and a few other thoughts
Disturbance of the telephone …
Friday, 24 December 2004
The incessant reappearance of old material … and of course about appearance
Monday, 27 December 2004
A thought is brewing in my head, parts three and four
Tuesday, 28 December 2004
Two notes on Tuesday, 28 December 2004
Wednesday, 29 December 2004
To become what will take you where you need to be
The list of the last Wednesday of 2004
Friday, 31 December 2004
Notes to round off another year
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