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  • It is not a simple call to the ego – it is not a call to titanism as has been popularly supposed, it is a call to sacrifice, to vastness, it is a call to the formation of gods within us.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • Faust is a very romantic figure, not in his transcendentalism which he gives up as unattainable, but in his titanism, his restless striving, his will to wring an ever wider meaning from life.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas FRANKLIN L. BAUMER 1968

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  • "Titanism: defiance of and revolt against social or artistic conventions. That's me: SupremeGenius!"

    March 3, 2009

  • Quite. How revolting are you?

    P.S. Not personal! We have been known to play with words here ;-) Peace.

    March 3, 2009

  • I've just made that definition better for you:

    "Titanism: defiance of and revolt against pants or artistic conventions. That's me: SupremeGenius!"

    You're welcome!(also not personal)

    March 3, 2009