Hypocrite - derived from the Greek word for 'feigning or 'play-acting', 'hypokrisis' - associated with 'hypokronai' ('I play a part').
Augusto Neto ( http://i-dontthink.blogspot.com/ ) accuses me of hypocrisy. He accuses me, therefore, of holding or expressing conflicting opinions, opinions which I may or may not have. In either case, he accuses me of lying.
To this, my refutation is simple (or infinitely complex): Everything that is 'thought' is an illusion. To think of something is to negate it, to deny its very right to 'be', for 'being' is anterior to conscience and it is from conscience that all thought must stem. Each thought, as a product of conscience, must ultimately be a product of Being. If 'I' possess any right to exist whatsoever, it is not as a supreme construction of all my thoughts (what a vile mess 'I' would be in then!). Such an argument cannot be justified, as to justify anything, according to the standard I have just set, would be to acknowledge its existence. It is a basic metaphysical paradox. Playing various parts is simply my way out.
Augusto Neto accuses me of being irrational; so be it. The more 'rationally' he behaves, the more his Being allows itself to be drowned by consciousness - the more he believes he 'emerges into existence' - the more he negates himself. The more he 'thinks', the more he imagines himself. And such a rational mind can never hope to imagine too much; never can it even hope to burst the seams of its own artificial scenery.
It could be said that I could imagine him better than he can himself; it could even be said, that I have made him up.
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