{"id":2863,"date":"2012-03-11T05:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T05:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2012\/03\/11\/metaphysical-rebellion\/"},"modified":"2012-03-11T05:28:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T05:28:00","slug":"metaphysical-rebellion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/03\/11\/metaphysical-rebellion\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaphysical Rebellion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/shaunmiller.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/04\/book-review-the-rebel-by-albert-camus-part-ii-metaphysical-rebellio\/'>Metaphysical Rebellion<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link_description\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fantasticfiction.co.uk\/images\/x1\/x8488.jpg?resize=308%2C475\" width=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is metaphysical rebellion? \u00a0Just like the slave rebels against the slave because the slave is rebelling against the constraints of the situation, the metaphysical rebel is doing the same thing. \u00a0He\u2019s rebelling against the creation, the condition of which he finds himself. \u00a0The metaphysical rebel is always a blasphemer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>via n3m6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metaphysical Rebellion What is metaphysical rebellion? \u00a0Just like the slave rebels against the slave because the slave is rebelling against the constraints of the situation, the metaphysical rebel is doing the same thing. \u00a0He\u2019s rebelling against the creation, the condition of which he finds himself. \u00a0The metaphysical rebel is always a blasphemer.\u00a0 via n3m6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-Kb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2598,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/04\/20\/slabbb-blockkk-hilarious-the-australian\/","url_meta":{"origin":2863,"position":0},"title":"slabbb-blockkk-hilarious: The Australian Aborigines speak\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"April 20, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"slabbb-blockkk-hilarious: The Australian Aborigines speak of jiva or guruwari, a seed power deposited in the earth. 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