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Post subject: Re: Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thre
Posted: Sun December 23, 2018 2:51 am
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Anybody ever read Camus’s The Myth of Sisyphus? Is there anything to be gleaned other than “life is endless toil”? His other books blew my mind in high school, have a weird urge to read this one now.
Post subject: Re: Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thre
Posted: Sun December 23, 2018 3:37 am
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Anybody ever read Camus’s The Myth of Sisyphus? Is there anything to be gleaned other than “life is endless toil”? His other books blew my mind in high school, have a weird urge to read this one now.
Post subject: Re: Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thre
Posted: Sun December 23, 2018 3:50 am
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BurtReynolds wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Anybody ever read Camus’s The Myth of Sisyphus? Is there anything to be gleaned other than “life is endless toil”? His other books blew my mind in high school, have a weird urge to read this one now.
It's as if you have me foed or something.
?? I need quick and easy answers to life's questions! I don't have time to use the search function when existence is crumbling.
Post subject: Re: Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thre
Posted: Sun December 23, 2018 3:57 am
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It's generally regarded as his best, and pretty much my bible, but it's an essay, and not an easy read (but not that hard).
I'm not generally a fan of his and Sartre's plays and novels and such. They are ok and all, but I can see where existentialism gets its reputation for being dreary. Myth of Sisyphus is quite different.
Some people say that The Rebel is his best one, but I haven't read it, and it doesn't exist on audio, so I guess I'll read it when I have time to read a book, which will be never.
Post subject: Re: Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thre
Posted: Wed January 16, 2019 1:50 am
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BurtReynolds wrote:
I'm trying to get into Wittgenstein. It's not going well.
This feels true
_________________ "The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
Post subject: Re: Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thre
Posted: Thu January 24, 2019 10:01 am
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what's the best answer to nihilism?
Dostoevsky: get religion. don't think about it too much. (I'm not sure about this one) the stoics: we're fucked, but stop being a pussy about it. Spengler: We're fucked. No chance of rescue. Man your post, soldier. Kierkegaard: Take a leap of faith. Let God sort it out. Stirner: take what you can. give nothing back. A pirate's life for me. Nietzsche: don't worry, Superman is coming Camus: rebel. Live as hard as you fucking can. Sartre: you're absolutely free! go be a communist or something. Heidegger: live authentically. Also, go be a nazi or something. Peterson: form a narrative. be a hero. Freud: fuck your mother (probably)
Post subject: Re: Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thre
Posted: Fri February 01, 2019 2:54 am
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1. Corporations are legal fictions. 2. Corporate veil protection is a special privilege bestowed by the government, and would not exist otherwise. Investors in corporations should have no special exemptions to taking responsibility for their actions. 3. Corporations cease to exist without government. The special privileges bestowed on them by government cease to exist without government. Thus, corporations are not an element of a free market. They are government institutions.
A pro-corporation position is corporatism, not free market capitalism.
Post subject: Re: Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thre
Posted: Fri February 01, 2019 11:29 am
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BurtReynolds wrote:
1. Corporations are legal fictions. 2. Corporate veil protection is a special privilege bestowed by the government, and would not exist otherwise. Investors in corporations should have no special exemptions to taking responsibility for their actions. 3. Corporations cease to exist without government. The special privileges bestowed on them by government cease to exist without government. Thus, corporations are not an element of a free market. They are government institutions.
A pro-corporation position is corporatism, not free market capitalism.
thoughts?
Been a while, but I believe this is what Rand thought (Russian lady, not hypocrite senator)
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