tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post2262905267835878108..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: Must Philosophers Be Parents?Jean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-21895166554531699572012-12-17T06:11:14.468-06:002012-12-17T06:11:14.468-06:00I think that when you have children you lose a lot...I think that when you have children you lose a lot of things and gain some, but it is mostly loss. You become poorer, more anxious, tireder, work suffers, marital relations often suffer, free time disappears, minding children is generally boring and repetitive, children are destructive and emotionally demanding etc. Basically, the pre-child life with its adult pleasures more or less vanishes Torquil Macneilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-46472637299932326852012-12-14T07:20:36.271-06:002012-12-14T07:20:36.271-06:00"Mostly it is a loss" ... Explain!"Mostly it is a loss" ... Explain! Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-42931130871021408942012-12-14T05:30:16.758-06:002012-12-14T05:30:16.758-06:00Typical that Nietzsche designates parenthood to th...Typical that Nietzsche designates parenthood to the realm of comedy and simply assumes that that is derogatory because, after all, truth belongs to the tragic. Odd that a modern (and non-German) philosopher should have the same bias, mind you.<br /><br />I don't think there is much to be said about parenthood, it is hard, frightening, impoverishing, usually banal etc. But it definitely Torquil Macneilnoreply@blogger.com