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Kafka's Screwball Tragedy: Investigations of a Philosophical Dog

84 pointsby anarbadalov12/09/202412 commentsview on HN

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sdwr12/09/2024

I think the writer here is resisting Kafka's message.

In a classic adventure, the hero fights bravely against the odds and succeeds. In Kafka, the hero fights bravely against the odds and fails. Like Camus, Kafka finds vitality (not hope!) in the impossible struggle.

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hoseja12/09/2024

>“The true way is along a rope that is not spanned high in the air, but only just above the ground. It seems intended more to cause stumbling than to be walked along.”

Is this a reference to Nietzsche?

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drcwpl12/09/2024

The full essay is available on Gwern's site - https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/humor/1922-kafka-investigation...

dunwaldo12/10/2024

Who else clicked thinking Apache Kafka?

AUB-90012/10/2024

who is Kafka-ing : )