"the very sound of the word "sex" with it's hissing vulgarity and the "ks,ks" catcall at the end, seems so inane to me that that I cannot help doubting whether there is any real idea behind the word. Indeed I believe that granting "sex" a special situation when tackling a human problem, or worse still, letting the "sexual idea," if such a thing exists, pervade and "explain" all the rest is a grave error of reasoning.
I thought Nabakov was a perverse degenerate, what did he mean by this?
Either he finds sex vacuous or he finds it inconsequential if not vacuous in itself
Or both, but still enjoys it.
What's this from I want more context
its not exactly enlightening that an intelligent man would find the culture of sex to be vacuous
He meant that 'sex' is a meme in its cultural import. It's a word and a concept for the plebs who think of it as the ultimate form of entertainment and fulfillment. He is probably also taking a shot at America.
What a fucking mongoloid retard. Words cannot express my disdain for this pretentious Cockmunch.
it's probably anti-freudian
What a pretentious moron.
Imagine having reading comprehension this poor
using words is like trying to catch water with a net
the word water is part of the net
what are you trying to catch?
>hissing vulgarity
disagree desu "S" sounds very sensual