I read that book - of all places - in the county jail!
We were fortunate to have "Charlie the Book Man" in our wing. Someone in his family would send in classic literature nearly every week. I would wake up from a nap to find Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment on the little desk. I was amazed that this Charlie lived in two worlds simultaneously. You would never suspect him of having a love of such literature. Never judge a book by its cover, I guess.
I do remember this character from the Count of Monte Cristo who knew what to do with all that time.
Senor Raul is right in that Job, Marriage and Kids are used by the society to keep down honest,sincere men. Henry Fool says almost the same thing.
I remember back in 1994 just when I began smoking a little herb after having abstained for about 7 years. My live-in concubine warned me, saying, "What do you think your bosses would think of you smoking that? You really shouldn't discuss such things with the crew." - the crew being those I supervised.
You see, in the state government, the chain of command seemed to imply that all of your boss's boss was in a sense also another boss, and his boss's boss's boss - all the way on up the corrupt chain of middle-management and windbag ellected officials.
I wondered if she might have been planted in my path to solidify my "employment" ... I began to question the nature of our relationship. Also, when I had moved her stuff back into her mother's home, many of the higher-ups saw this as a disaster and the begining of my demise.
In other words, there would be no one to keep tabs on me at night ...
Oh well, now i seem to police myself rather efficiently as far as avoiding trouble goes.
Like Schopenhauer, my intellectual pursuits are not very political at all. I'm just looking for a little mathematical empowerment. Unlike Plato, I don't care about how geometry can be applied to war and I am far removed from the aristocratic elites.
You are right, my only ambition is to be this Abbe Faria.
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