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Is living essentially living the lives of others?

whippet101 October 14, 2020 at 11:02 1800 views 4 comments
How much is one's life dependant on another?

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Mayor of Simpleton October 14, 2020 at 11:31 #461269
So, the OP title is:

Is living essentially living the lives of others?

The posted question is:

Quoting whippet101
How much is one's life dependant on another?


Implications and assumptions being made by this combination are what exactly?
unenlightened October 14, 2020 at 11:57 #461273
Quoting whippet101
How much is one's life dependant on another?


Divest yourself of everything produced by another, and you will find out - briefly.
TheMadFool October 14, 2020 at 12:25 #461286
I'm not a hermitologist, if there's such a thing at all, but the proverbial hermit's cave is usually located in the vicinity of human settlements. That however seems to miss the point i.e. to infer that hermits too depend on other people amounts to either failing to understand or misunderstanding the philosophy of hermithood.
180 Proof October 14, 2020 at 14:13 #461311