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Tag Archives: existentialism
16. Philosophize Only By Accident
Despite what you may think, and what they themselves might to try to convince you, philosophers and other professional think-o-logists for thousands of years have tried to answer just a couple of basic questions. These are often hard to recognize, … Continue reading
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Tagged being, existentialism, philosophy, positivism, Sartre, Success Motivation Institute
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Like Nothing
There’s no thing quite like Nothing; and so much of it around. It fills the nooks and crannies and absorbs the smallest sounds, obsessed with taking over and with being something more. It wants to be the ocean’s deep, the … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged acceptance, existentialism, futility, illusion, Nothing, work
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Lowdown Existential Blues
Just like everybody, I try to get along; but I can’t win for losing, things always turn out wrong. Need to have a membership, but I have an objection to the dues. I’ve got the feeling non-essential, clearly quintessential lowdown … Continue reading
Quoting Nihilists and Naysayers
So often, it seems when we look for things to quote, we search for those negative, capricious, self-debasing, or cynical quips that reinforce our own limited, limiting world view, words of wisdom from the “great thinkers” of the past, who … Continue reading
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Tagged cynicism, daily poems, existentialism, Frederick Nietchze, negativity, philosophy, Sigmund Freud, sonnet, sorrow
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