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How are you defining "existentialism" here?
by bbctol 9y ago
How are you defining "existentialism" here?
- goldfeld 9y agoI'd think it's a variation of the "life is meaningless and we're all irrelevant specks of dust anyway" line of thinking.
- propogandist 9y agoembracing the irrelevance brings your soul into hell, in this life and the one after you become dust.
- dnissley 9y agoI think they mean nihilism.
- henriquemaia 9y ago> "L'enfer, c'est les autres" or "Hell is other people" From "No Exit", by Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Exit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Exit
- unabst 9y ago"I think therefore I am." The essence that precedes the thought. "Our actions are the outcome of our being." The notion that success is reserved for the deserving, and criminals are devils that require punishment. That there are good and bad people; good do good, and bad do bad. All we need to do is sort them. And that all depends on our individual essence, our free will. Everything good pre-exists and we shall be the judge. As opposed to, "There are no actors, only actions" and "We are the sum of our actions." "I think therefore I'm thinking." "I committed a crime, got caught, and that is why I'm in jail." "I witnessed his birth, I changed his diapers, I taught him how to walk, and he follows me around. He must be my son." I actually don't have the name for the latter philosophy. I really wish I knew. It's along the lines of Nietzsche and Aristotle, but I can't say they put their finger on it. Any pointers welcome. It also holds the key: "I'm lonely. And that's the only reason I need you by my side." That's all we need.