Saturday, October 30, 2010

Philosophy in All Caps

I don't know much about Russell Brand. I know he was very funny in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and I have the sense that he is famously libertine. But I've just listened to a charming half-hour interview of Brand by Elvis Mitchell, and the discussion is unexpectedly philosophical, with the conversation ranging from the meaning of desire, to one's place in the universe, to celebrity, and finally to love. Mind you, every sentence, every word spoken by Brand is fast and emphatic.

Early on, Mitchell revs things up with a quote from C.S. Lewis, to the effect that one doesn't have a soul; one is a soul, and one has a body. And with that, baby, it's on!

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