I think it’s a great book (Saul Bellow’s novel with the same name as this post) and I love the carpe diem sentiment. However, is such a attitude to life - to live in the present moment ignoring the past and the future really one that is sustainable at any level - environmental, social or economic?
Personally, I think not, but it’s essential to Seize the Day when the opportunity arises.
…The spiritual compensation is what I look for. Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That’s the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real - the here-and-now. Seize the day.
Dr Tamkin in ‘Seize the Day (Penguin Modern Classics)
‘ by Saul Below.
(I’ve realised that all the quotes I’ve taken from ‘Seize the Day’ are the words of Dr Tamkin - a charlatan and fraud … what does that say about me?)
