But Camus — Wayfarer
the sacrifice of the first-born was the sacrifice of the most precious thing — Wayfarer
schopenhauer at least sees light at the end of the tunnel, in terms of askesis, and also art. But Camus — Wayfarer
the sacrifice of the first-born was the sacrifice of the most precious thing
— Wayfarer
hm, well that was K's point, that God requires such things of even the most devout. The Jewish God did not particularly redeem the problem by telling Abram he didnt actually have to do it later, in fact, in K's view, that is even more cruel. — ernestm
Can Kant be the most depressing philosopher... just based on the fact his prose are like reading an obscurantist, over elaborating robot with the charisma of the bowling shoe ? — thedeadidea
I get the robot and bowling shoe, but Kant doesn't read like an obscurantist at all. — jamalrob
I know he's not on the list, but Heidegger gets my vote. — emancipate
The point was simply that there is nothing like that in Camus' philosophy. His philosophy was called 'absurdism', that life is fundamentally absurd, and that the individual has to summon the inner strength necessary to live bravely regardless. It is fundamentally different to Buddhist philosophy in which the reality of enlightenment or release is central. — Wayfarer
However there was an American evangelical pastor in Paris, by the name of Harold Mumma, who late in life wrote a book claiming that he had had several meaningful conversations with Camus before the latter's untimely death, about the possibility of conversion (or re-conversion) to Christianity. But Camus died before anything came of it. — Wayfarer
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