Philosophy &Poetry Entropy | 02 Oct 2007
The Hollow Men
The vast accumulations of knowledge—or at least of
information—deposited by the nineteenth century have
been responsible for an equally vast ignorance.
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long
Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
For Thine is
Life is
For Thine is the
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
-By T.S.Eliot
Poet and Playwright 1888 – 1965
on 04 Oct 2007 at 10:31 am 1.micheleroohani said …
even thopugh i don’t know eliot much but i’ve often used this:
“Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long”
bravo to your curiosity that takes you to these very different realms…
on 04 Oct 2007 at 5:09 pm 2.Entropy said …
Hey Michele
The following words of T.S.Eliot’s are most inspiring & relevant,
Where is the life we have lost in living ?
Where is the wisdom , we have lost in knowledge ?
Where is the knowledge, we have lost in information ?
Pl connect the threads…
on 05 Oct 2007 at 5:06 pm 3.Nimesh Dadia said …
Dear Lao Aju,
Aa kavita toh khubaj gahan che. Abysmal depth in the poem and very inspiring.
Nimesh
on 12 Oct 2007 at 7:20 pm 4.range said …
Interesting that we posted about the same piece by TS Eliot within days without knowing each other. Serendipity?
on 12 Oct 2007 at 7:53 pm 5.Entropy said …
Serendipity.. Wow..