OCTOBER 15 — FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
German philosophical giant, poet, brilliant aphorist.
“Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”
OCTOBER 15, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
ISRA’ & ME‘RAJ.
Saragossa, Spain: PARADE OF THE GIANTS (20-30 feet high)
and Dwarves (man-sized, with enormous heads), with Moorish
dances and fireworks.
MERTZ OF ALL POSSIBLE MERTZES.
ALSO ON OCTOBER 15 IN HISTORY…
1844 — Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche born, Röcken, Prussian Saxony.
1905 — First appearance of McCay’s ‘Little Nemo in Slumberland.”
1923 — Italian cyber-fabulist Italo Calvino born, Cuba.
1926 — French philosopher Michel Foucault born, Poitiers, Vienne.
1946 — German Nazi leader Hermann Goering commits suicide.
Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective