I just find it a massive tease to be granted existence and yet only experience it for a brief spell. — invicta
Essentially my actions and life and all my accomplishments being reduced to nothing. — invicta
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in the way in which our visual field has no limits. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
I just find it a massive tease to be granted existence and yet only experience it for a brief spell. — invicta
Essentially my actions and life and all my accomplishments being reduced to nothing. — invicta
how do you reconcile these two seemingly contradictory notions of being given existence but only for a limited time? Does it not sometimes make one feel powerless or at worst nihilistic in the face of it?
Does it not sometimes make one feel powerless or at worst nihilistic in the face of it? — invicta
To me the fact that the universe confers a being with self-aware existence then strips it away seems kinda cruel. Why give me a taste of eternity but do not grant me the full privilege? What’s that all about ? — invicta
The eternal is unchanging. — Count Timothy von Icarus
I don't think the eternal can alone can support consciousness — Count Timothy von Icarus
What makes you an expert on the eternal to make such a blanket statement. I have no idea myself perhaps you could elaborate?
As a philosopher how do you reconcile these two seemingly contradictory notions of being given existence but only for a limited time? Does it not sometimes make one feel powerless or at worst nihilistic in the face of it? — invicta
If a triangle gains sides it becomes a different shape. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Other life forms who lack our apprehension to dwell on this issue are simply natural phenomena which makes our life worth living …sometimes in the form of a consolation from a pet etc. among life’s other amazing wonders. — invicta
The universe really does owe me an explanation for giving me the ability to recognise the fact that I came to be in it in this human form for such a limited amount of time. — invicta
Yet I would feel short changed…wouldn’t you? — invicta
:fire:Does it not sometimes make one feel powerless or at worst nihilistic in the face of it?
— invicta
Only if you're inclined to disturb yourself with what's entirely beyond your control. I'm too much of a Stoic to do that. What could be more pointless? — Ciceronianus
I find it odd if not bizarre that every conceivable human emotion, memory all but disappear entailing that your life really meant nothing despite its ups and downs, moments of joy sorrow and everything in between.
It all meant nothing …every struggle … without any meaning. — invicta
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