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Has reading existentialism influenced your life directly in any way? If yes how so
Serious Discussion about Existentialism
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zulu_nation8
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HamerD
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Kingsp4de20
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Chef
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I smell homework -.- Or someone really, really boring. All I can tell you is that I remember there being a question about existentialism on my midterm in English, and I got that question wrong because I didn't know what the fuck it was. To this day, I've never bothered to wikipedia it. EDIT: Oh nevermind, I remember my friend telling me about this (I just wikied the definition) when I was said. I told him it was too similar to stoicism and that I thought it was a load of horse shit and a bad way to live your life. He says he lives by it, but I'm sure he makes exceptions. EDIT 2: If you don't know what I mean by it being like stoicism, consider this: If meaning only exists if you create it, and giving meaning to death and pain makes you sad, why give meaning to them? It seems like the logical conclusion is to become stoic and unconcerned with giving meaning to things that hurt you, which IMO is not a good way to live. Maybe you could argue that giving meaning to death and pain gives special meaning to their antonyms, but then you're just beating around the bush and you might as well call existentialism the belief of doing whatever floats your boat (as opposed to the guide (in this case, very gentle nudge) of how to live your life). | ||
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zulu_nation8
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geometryb
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XCetron
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On June 19 2008 01:51 geometryb wrote: lol | ||
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RavenWrath
Germany174 Posts
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HamerD
United Kingdom1922 Posts
On June 19 2008 01:50 zulu_nation8 wrote: Heidegger's existentialism is how when a person gains a better understanding of his own being and realizes it's self interpreting he has to come to terms with the fact that there is no meaning behind his existence and either can own up to it, disown it, or be blind to it I think? Um I can't really say if that was good for me. I think tbh it was. It just allows me to take serious things less seriously, and then enjoy random things more easily...I can pick and choose how seriously I take the world and I don't think someone who hasn't gone through this type of realisation can. Hey what's the other type of existentialism? | ||
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Chef
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kemoryan
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sanftm00d
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there cant ever be a serious discussion about philosophy because its just a bit more complex religion since the invention of the free market economy its not even necessary to discuss it anyway, just put your theory on the market and u can see how good it is without having to discuss about it in the first place on a serious note, i can understand how it is important for some to talk about philosophy because they are engaged with their lives. It just won't get anyone anywhere. Its acting that solves problems, and if not u can still falsify and start a new... | ||
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zulu_nation8
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RavenWrath
Germany174 Posts
On June 19 2008 02:36 sanftm00d wrote: philosphy is taking terms and abusing them as much as possible there cant ever be a serious discussion about philosophy because its just a bit more complex religion since the invention of the free market economy its not even necessary to discuss it anyway, just put your theory on the market and u can see how good it is without having to discuss about it in the first place on a serious note, i can understand how it is important for some to talk about philosophy because they are engaged with their lives. It just won't get anyone anywhere. Its acting that solves problems, and if not u can still falsify and start a new... word! | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
On June 19 2008 02:36 sanftm00d wrote: philosphy is taking terms and abusing them as much as possible there cant ever be a serious discussion about philosophy because its just a bit more complex religion since the invention of the free market economy its not even necessary to discuss it anyway, just put your theory on the market and u can see how good it is without having to discuss about it in the first place on a serious note, i can understand how it is important for some to talk about philosophy because they are engaged with their lives. It just won't get anyone anywhere. Its acting that solves problems, and if not u can still falsify and start a new... dude what? | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
He just denounced philosophy and generalized it into a single sentence. That guy has fucking amazing potential. He even got "word[ed]" for it. Which makes the statement even greater.. someone is dumb enough to agree. | ||
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zulu_nation8
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On June 19 2008 02:53 {88}iNcontroL wrote: what? He just denounced philosophy and generalized it into a single sentence. That guy has fucking amazing potential. He even got "word[ed]" for it. Which makes the statement even greater.. someone is dumb enough to agree. word | ||
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zulu_nation8
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crabapple
United States397 Posts
On June 19 2008 02:04 PsycHOTemplar wrote: Another complaint I have about existentialism is that it denies ideals of love. It seems to say that any feeling of love you have was entirely artificial and your own doing, instead of what it really feels like which is just starting to happen to you without your consent. this is the same feeling you get when go to see a doctor cause ur in so much f-ing pain, and hten he tells you everything is normal. then you try to explain to him, "but i'm fucking hurting really reeeeeally badly." and then he tells you "we'll maybe it's all in your head, try to get out of it", writing you off as a hypochondriac. like you are some infallible illness detector? BOILS MY BLOOD!@ | ||
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crabapple
United States397 Posts
i still don't know, despite hearing so much about it... i believe i exist. does that make me an existentialist? or do i have to believe that i don't exist or something like that? | ||
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