I've been through a lot since then, but long story short, to me, everything, especially that in relation to human society, seems absolutely absurd. What do you think? — Ellis
For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin
Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow
I've been through a lot since then, but long story short, to me, everything, especially that in relation to human society, seems absolutely absurd. — Ellis
What do you think? — Ellis
What you are complaining about is the sad fact that humans, and human society, are often irrational. But that's exactly why the profession of Philosophy was created long-ago : to try to extract some sense from our all-too-often senseless behavior. Such behavior seems ironic & absurd because it is often self-defeating --- like a mob of "patriots" storming the capital of their nation, where emotions that run riot in the streets are supposed to be calmly debated and deliberated, in order to restore law & order to social chaos.I've been through a lot since then, but long story short, to me, everything, especially that in relation to human society, seems absolutely absurd. What do you think? — Ellis
I think it's quite soothing, at times, to think it's all absurd. In the words of Monty Python:
"For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin
Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow"
— Echarmion
What do you think? — Ellis
[...] but long story short, to me, everything, especially that in relation to human society, seems absolutely absurd. — Ellis
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.” — Stephen Crane
Therefore, we need to keep in mind that the very notion of meaning is artificial and is seperated from nature. — Eliot
This means that purpouse is an artificial concept not just for nature, but also for us: we do not have any goal in life, rather we tend to create objectives upon which we set ourselfes to make sense of the world around us. — Eliot
This would make sentient beings seperated from nature. Which invokes a very weird notion of "nature". — javra
Are you, in contrast to this, saying that the quenching of wants is not "a goal in life"? Or else somehow not real? How so? — java
philosophy too believed nothing mattered, and then, just like you, decided that everything is simply absurd — counterpunch
Both these philosophies are wrong. — counterpunch
Both these philosophies are wrong.
— counterpunch
How so ? — Eliot
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