Some Christians do this because of faith. There is no way to prove whether God exists or not nor does anyone 'know' God exists or not. It is faith on ...
Very interesting insight. Thank you for replying to my comment. Yes, it is absurd, but we do possess the possibility and capacity for making a relativ...
I think Nietzsche was analyzing and recounted his revaluation of all values. I don't think he was prescribing that all humans are happy and then virtu...
Exactly. I just read The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This book is 800 dense pages with small text, but I am able to recall almost the ent...
Improving comprehension can be done with note taking, annotations, and only reading the authors/thinkers you truly are interested in. Some people will...
I see where you are coming from, but it depends on which context us 'being alone' is...Most, if not all, people have to be with people physically for ...
We are alone but at the same time we are not alone. Sometimes we are alone and sometimes we are not alone. In my opinion, this is one of the contradic...
Logic can't help this scenario due to the absurd nature of human beings, morality, and human experience. There are many things that are illogical that...
Some meanings or meanings for some beings in this world can come from free will or no free will. If no free will, you are the creator of everything th...
The question to me that arises here is: is there free will or not? Are we going to let these human-like beings have the ability to choose what they do...
What about the number of possibilities for each action/choice in one's life? Maybe this changes perspective on the dilemma? If I have millions of vari...
I think everyone still acts like a child there are just a bunch of people and societal constructions telling them that they aren't one still. The only...
This view is interesting but potentially problematic, in my humble opinion. People are different. People have different goals. People have different p...
To clarify, I love Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical works. However, I think many try to take what he wrote and apply it more than he intended. I vi...
This is an interesting topic. Thanks for posting. After some thought, this dilemma seems to bring forth a large gray area. One, even if someone's inte...
I would disagree. It all depends on what constitutes sadness and happiness within this question. Are people with depression and/or anxiety that strugg...
My philosophy on philosophy is that it can be used as a tool in certain areas of life. It is also fun and exciting, but, at the same time, be taken to...
Hello, we are really getting some great posts here. Thank you for replying to the thread. I agree with this 100%. Man loves the idea of freedom but th...
I agree with this statement/insight on the matter. However, I think what Dostoevsky is getting at as well is a more subtle hypothetical of the human b...
But what is the source of this contentment? Dostoevsky's observation of the problem of freedom for the human or not? I think what I am driving at is t...
The man seems to yearn for this, correct. However, the man appears to wallow in anguish and despair sometimes as a result of having freedom - or choic...
This is an interesting take on it. Thanks for posting and contributing. I do find the quote true as well. However, in my humble opinion, I think it si...
This is an interesting insight. Thanks for the reply/contribution to the thread. I agree that prisons should be used for rehab/intervention but not ju...
This is a very interesting post. Thanks for sharing. I haven't thought about it in this way until now. Seems to be a better way to go about it instead...
This is an interesting view I have not heard yet. So, thank you very much for sharing your post/views. I have not visited a prison or been in one, but...
Prison guards can find different work within a humane prison system. Obviously, there will be some pushback, but we should spend less money on upkeep ...
These are interesting hypotheticals. If this was the case, which sometimes happens, I still do not see how throwing someone in a cage with a potential...
It is indeed absurd, but that's my point. It is relieving to 'know' or 'believe' in the view that life is meaningless, and yet it also lends itself to...
Hey, thanks for the post and engaging in my replies, I truly appreciate it and all the insights you have given here. I do not proclaim to know of any ...
Oh, I have definitely have felt that the real world is indifferent and hostile to my most human desires and that this same reality has made me feel he...
I pose a question to you: how does anyone know if there is meaning or not? Is the sole fact that we can make up our own meaning even if it is illusory...
I think Camus's 'true reality' would be to acknowledge that there are paradoxes in nature as well as from our relationship between our desire/impulse ...
I can see the problem here and where it arises, but it sure is perplexing to think about. If there is meaning in a life that is lived with congruency ...
Very interesting. I definitely had an intellectual and personal pleasure from reading it, as well as joy. I 100% agree that it is not a book you can o...
I am not a stoic, but knowing that life is meaningless and there are no overarching principles or meaning in it is relieving. I say relieving because ...
To add to my first reply to your post, I think applying reason to the existence of God or not is also not as fruitful as it may initially seem. If we ...
Did you find joy in reading and taking in this book? Why or why not? Did you find it disturbance and a joy? How did it affect your lives initially, if...
This is a very interesting take. Thank you for sharing this. I haven't thought about the myth in this light yet, especially the part where you state: ...
Great insight here, however, I disagree that there can be no happiness drawn from it. From my experience, it increased my enjoyment and happiness in l...
You bring up some good points, but just because something appears to be ridiculous does not mean there is an existence of something or not. Defining G...
I understand that I and who I am talking about in my posts are still working. But the original conversation stemmed from people who were working. If y...
It can be aggressive or not, yes. But the victim still has to do something. They can contribute to their suffering inside this event or attempt to les...
I am not claiming that I, or most, or many philosophers, other thinkers, and other individuals, in general, would survive the harshest physical condit...
Good point. Why accept suffering or deal with it at all? What if you can convince yourself that whatever it is you initially react to as suffering eve...
Comments