yonoataraxia

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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
How much suffering are we able to endure before giving up? I think a lot, because most of us have the desire to live. So I agree that people in power positions should realize that they should give real choices to powerless people on their o
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
> I became something of a Stoic I can relate. > However, the ultimate key to my depression was simply self-acceptance. This is so important. Learning to love oneself is such a difficult task but so rewarding in the end. Thanks for sha
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
Nice, very good recommendation. Would love to add Erich Fromm ("The Art of Listening", but I can recommend all of them), although his works are a bit OT in this conversation.
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
I hope it's clear to see that obviousness is something I also see as a subjective thing which is related to the reader. That they contain obviousness is based on the fact that both thinkers shaped our thinking through their works or
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
I like this perspective very much. George Carlin in his later years has a lot of it in his shows. And of course the great humor of SMBC: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-10-10 Share some comedians, would love to
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
It's funny. I had a nihilistic mindset and found Nietzsche afterwards. I guess we're similar. Therefore I didn't had the chance to have any resistance to his ideas. Recently I've dropped out of college, I was lonely in s
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
> I’ve just said the most interesting thing I’ve ever heard on the topic, and I’m still bored with it. Thanks, I chuckled. It's true that the conversation contains a big amount of things that are obvious and trivial as soon as someb
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
Unfortunately I'm German so I can't recommend good translations, but it should definitely be possible to read Goethe in German and English simultaneously. Look for Dual-Language Editions with side-by-side views of German and Engli
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
I think it's ok. When they would instantly understand Nietzsche, it's very likely they already had major depressive episodes in their lives. Otherwise it's difficult to question everything you thought you knew about anything.
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
Thus Spoke davidpaulyoung, that's why. Sorry, couldn't resist a good joke. I'm just a mere mortal (although I like ancient philosophy).
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
I think that the emotional aspect is really important. If you just remove it, you might miss something that is fundamental to human nature. And just removing it is almost certainly a type of self-delusion because the emotional aspect is ver
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
That's true, but it's much more fun to read about being a camel, lion and finally a child than describing it in a dry and unambiguous way. So in a way he tried to appeal to his readers and made a piece of art. But you should also
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
This is a great analysis of Nietzsche. It's rare to find people who really understand what he's trying to say. Many people interpret him in inaccurate ways. Essentially, Nietzsche is a person who touches very sensitive parts of be
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
Although I share your point of view w.r.t. scientific thinking and I don't disagree on objective reality (personally), this question can still be answered in a different way and may lead to the conclusion that objective reality is a co
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
To say it in programmer terms: belief systems are functions that assign truth values to assumptions. for example a belief system can look like this: belief_system("earth is flat") -> false belief_system("life is meaningles
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
One of many atheist interpretations. There's no consensus in the group of atheists except that they reject the idea of a god. Trying to frame it like there are more common assumptions ("Atheist interpretation: <your assumptions
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
> How can life be good if it's not comfortable and easy Good question. Nietzsche talked alot about this issue, this was his very main concern when he talked about "becoming oneself" as one of many desirable (subjective)
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
This seems to be a very shallow analysis of the question of theodicy. Modern theology isn't that ignorant of suffering and its origin as you might imagine. I'm not a religious person, but I see how people see meaning in their beli
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
Your field of study is the source for this video, the preservation of greek philosophy and many other important thought schools and religions. The majority may not care so much about the daily life of the people of the past. But we sure car
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
I'm pretty sure that you're going to work this out :) > glorified copy machines > So I strive for one thing I know I cannot achieve There's some serious cynism going on here. Maybe cabaret artist is something for you to
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
> This whole idea contradicts the very nature of being human which is to make up meaning according to the culture and trends of the time. We all do it: we have assumptions in form of learned concepts or experiences, place importance on s
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
> and yes, the role of bananas may be exaggerated here Tried to be funny. It seems I've failed. It's not about that banana. Point was that our social structures can be explained by some first principles e.g. individuals try to
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
Maybe this is more than semantic discrepancies here. There is evidence for "learning by experience" that can be inherited. I suggest reading about epigenetics and how the experiences of your ancestors might be encoded using switch
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
This is more of a semantic discussion: after a while, there will be individuals with better strategies to survive and reproduce (this is the implicit teleology of evolution: living things live on, dead things go extinct). You don't eve
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by yonoataraxia 8y ago
Somewhat interesting: Bananas contain the ingredients necessary to produce dopamine. I can see how this all plays out as a way for some apes to get some bananas. Even social structures, fairness and other things (I love this video - two mon