Peter Hammill と哲学者 Arnold Hermann

イタリアの Teodosio Orlando（ダンテ・アリギエーリ・クラシック高校/公立教育省/大学省）によると、現役の哲学者 Arnold Hermannは（アーノルド・ハーマン）著作 "To Think Like God. Pythagoras and Parmenides. The Origins Of Philosophy" （Parmenides Publishing, 2004, pp. XIII-XIV)の中で「1970 年、17才の時、Van der Graaf Generator を見たが、その中で特に Peter Hammill に衝撃を受けた」と書いている。

「唯一、哲学的と言える音楽だ。」「私が哲学者になろうとしたのは Peter Hammill の影響が決定的だった。」

"But most striking was the sudden appearance of a lone singer, his voice lashing out boldly through the noise, mercilessly slicing it like a jagged blade, commanding, overpowering, mercurial, like a burst of lighting in a midnight storm. And then the words (one can hardly call them lyrics) . . . he sang of fiery universes beyond the edge of thought; of vacant time, living antimatter, and the angst of hyperspace travelers above the speed of light; of thinking about thinking, and refugees from fate; of houses with walls but no doors, where only time can enter or escape; of killers, angels, acolytes, and the silence at humanity’s end. The singer’s name is Peter Hammill, and I consider him the greatest musical genius of my generation, a generation that was blessed with not a small number of geniuses. Peter is one of the most creative artists imaginable, with more than sixty records or CDs to date—yes, he is still very much active—and it is the only music, in my view, that really merits being called philosophical. I still listen to it today, and some of it played often in the background while I researched this work.In any case, Peter Hammill’s influence was decisive in my desire to become a philosopher, which is why I need to pay tribute to him in this form."

Arnold Hermann の履歴　　ー 哲学者であると同時に画家（写真・デジタル視覚化も）でもある。