tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post115524138707003899..comments2024-03-07T12:57:35.296-05:00Comments on Varieties of Unreligious Experience: On the pleasure of contemptConrad H. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1155678196264747572006-08-15T17:43:00.000-04:002006-08-15T17:43:00.000-04:00Yes, an interesting distinction which had not occu...Yes, an interesting distinction which had not occurred to me; though, I suppose, a parallel observation to my stipulation that nobility is requred for contempt.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1155621960609152052006-08-15T02:06:00.000-04:002006-08-15T02:06:00.000-04:00For me, contempt has a specific direction about it...For me, contempt has a specific direction about it (from above to below, whether the high ground be moral, legal or physical) whereas hatred does not—as also implied, I suppose, by <I>beneath contempt</I>. I like the thought of contempt as a competitive sport: it’s one I should like to see televised!misteraitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899815714570502464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1155360706040125962006-08-12T01:31:00.000-04:002006-08-12T01:31:00.000-04:00I think contempt is something more proud and more ...I think contempt is something more proud and more ironic than disgust. One might well resist the softening that comes with age, as my friend the Spaniard does so well, a proud and admirable contempt has remained with him for 80 years.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1155356957480351422006-08-12T00:29:00.000-04:002006-08-12T00:29:00.000-04:00contempt is a social version of disgust (it is a d...contempt is a social version of disgust (it is a disgust with people). as we grow up and broaden our tastes through experience, our capacity for disgust, and therefore contempt, diminishes. it is replaced by increased inclination to pity.Sir Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953581535133000686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1155318749136186712006-08-11T13:52:00.000-04:002006-08-11T13:52:00.000-04:00That's a good way of putting it. The space in whi...That's a good way of putting it. <BR/><BR/>The space in which my contemptousness roams is tighter yet simultaneously less oppresive.<BR/><BR/>And I didn't take you as advocating such a thing. I enjoyed the reminder to enjoy all the passions given to us by our primate ancestors!Andrew W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00071098030747838202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1155317049983121172006-08-11T13:24:00.000-04:002006-08-11T13:24:00.000-04:00Don't get me wrong--I don't advocate universal con...Don't get me wrong--I don't advocate universal contempt, all the time. There is no nobility in being suffocated with contempt. And righteous indignation is certainly something to be wary of.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-1155316345062627132006-08-11T13:12:00.000-04:002006-08-11T13:12:00.000-04:00I am much less contemptuous than I used to be. Whe...I am much less contemptuous than I used to be. When I look back to my early 20's, a feeling of contempt was there nearly all the time. A decade on, not so much. <BR/><BR/>I can still summon contempt, or experience it, but perhaps my caution when that feeling arises is because I am wary of its cousin, righteous indignation.Andrew W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00071098030747838202noreply@blogger.com