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Patrick Bateman
(OP) User ID: 33646794 United States 02/06/2013 03:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was not refering to specifically Patrick, but in general. Quoting: TrashTrawler See the works of this man who introduced me to the topic. [link to www2.binghamton.edu] Oh nice, you went to school a couple hours away from where I am currently. Thanks for the link. |
TrashTrawler
User ID: 27481334 United States 02/06/2013 04:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How is life in Gods country, lol. So awesome out there. Phenomenology World Wide: Foundations This should answer all your questions if you can get through it. It is not light reading. A book which examines phenomenology and its greatest thinker, Edmund Husserl. [link to books.google.com] Last Edited by TrashTrawler on 02/06/2013 04:07 PM Floating in sea of waste. |
Patrick Bateman
(OP) User ID: 36043739 United States 04/02/2013 09:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How is life in Gods country, lol. So awesome out there. Quoting: TrashTrawler Phenomenology World Wide: Foundations This should answer all your questions if you can get through it. It is not light reading. A book which examines phenomenology and its greatest thinker, Edmund Husserl. [link to books.google.com] Thanks man, I'll look into it. |
Patrick Bateman
(OP) User ID: 36043739 United States 04/02/2013 09:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't know much about it formally (and really, who does?) but I do find myself leaning towards the Absurd, I don't see any higher objective meaning to existence other than that which we, with our gloriously limited minds, choose to assign to it and when we do, the Absurd will make sure that meaning gets steamrolled at the earliest opportunity. Quoting: Lucky Charms When we do it in groups, we call it "society" or "religion" or "culture" and when we do it as individuals we are called "insane" lol. The Absurd is the one constant truth in the world imo and will always assert itself whenever we try to suppress it. I haven't done much reading beyond the big names but I do know a good joke about Sartre... Sartre was sitting in a cafe when a waitress approached him: "Can I get you something to drink?" Sartre says, "I'd like a cup of coffee with sugar, but no cream". The waitress goes to get the order and comes back and says "I'm sorry sir, we are all out of cream -- how about with no milk?" Eh? I like that one. If I'm honest my favorite existential philosopher is the Joker, he gets it. Lol, I get this now, I just read Nausea. |
Patrick Bateman
(OP) User ID: 36043739 United States 04/02/2013 09:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also just curious, has anyone here read "The Myth of Sisyphus", by Camus? It is an essay, maybe 90 pages. I'm not going to lie, it can be some hard reading, but it is the most thought provoking thing I think I have ever read. I just want to hear some other peoples thoughts on it, if you have read or are familiar with it. |
Patrick Bateman
(OP) User ID: 37346366 United States 04/03/2013 12:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also just curious, has anyone here read "The Myth of Sisyphus", by Camus? It is an essay, maybe 90 pages. I'm not going to lie, it can be some hard reading, but it is the most thought provoking thing I think I have ever read. Quoting: Patrick Bateman I just want to hear some other peoples thoughts on it, if you have read or are familiar with it. A quick summary... [link to en.wikipedia.org] |
Patrick Bateman
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 48439375 Russia 10/16/2013 07:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I read Dostoevsky as a kid. The rest I did when older. The one I know the least about is Camus. However, I found Sartre's novels quite boring, I read up the third or fourth of the series. People here on Glp may find Nietzsche's Genealogy of morals very interestig. If I had to add one author/philosopher people should read it would be Michel Foucault. I'll be very happy and grateful if someone recomends to me some economy books for non economists, I really feel like trying t understad what's going on in the world a little better. I took a look at some cheap second hand economy books, but I didn't know which ones are good. I'm also taking a short tip soon to a place where books are much cheaper than where I live, so any recommendations would be very welcome. |
Patrick Bateman
(OP) User ID: 19063683 United States 10/16/2013 08:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Those are must reads, great suggestions!!!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 48439375 I read Dostoevsky as a kid. The rest I did when older. The one I know the least about is Camus. However, I found Sartre's novels quite boring, I read up the third or fourth of the series. People here on Glp may find Nietzsche's Genealogy of morals very interestig. If I had to add one author/philosopher people should read it would be Michel Foucault. I'll be very happy and grateful if someone recomends to me some economy books for non economists, I really feel like trying t understad what's going on in the world a little better. I took a look at some cheap second hand economy books, but I didn't know which ones are good. I'm also taking a short tip soon to a place where books are much cheaper than where I live, so any recommendations would be very welcome. The only Sartre novel I have read that I truly liked so far was Nausea, which imo was great. My favorite of them all though, the great Existentialist authors, is beyond a doubt, Camus. The Myth of Sisyphus is one of the most intellectually stimulating pieces of writing I have ever read. It is an essay, not a novel, but a great one. [link to en.wikipedia.org] But, The Fall, and The Stranger, are two great novels also by Camus. I would recommend all three! I have read a few Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment, of course the most famous, The Gambler, but my favorite of his, Notes From Underground. Thanks for the reply! Here is a wiki link to Notes From Underground. [link to en.wikipedia.org] Edit, Also, Nietzsche imo, is the most over-rated of the Existential authors. Last Edited by Patrick Bateman on 10/16/2013 08:35 AM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77618014 United States 05/04/2023 02:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Read ecclesiastes. Quoting: The_Mhael Probably one of my favorite literary works of all time. [link to www.biblegateway.com] I have read it again since I last saw this post and I love how Solomon rights and the wisdom and intelligence he shares. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77618014 United States 05/04/2023 02:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Read ecclesiastes. Quoting: The_Mhael Probably one of my favorite literary works of all time. [link to www.biblegateway.com] I have read it again since I last saw this post and I love how Solomon rights and the wisdom and intelligence he shares. Also it may the least contradictory book in the Bible which makes me love it that much more. |
tamaracks User ID: 82351525 United States 05/04/2023 03:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | understand what existentialism is in general about. People think that words are basically clear and well-defined, when actually they are not. Many nouns are just generic words with no clear definition, yet people pretend that they are being specific; for example 'liberal', 'conservative', 'religion', 'atheism', 'art', 'science', humanism' etc... especially the most inclusive noun 'God'. So, existentialism starts with the knowledge of a vagueness in semantic meanings and requires that we supply the meaning ourselves. Naturally, psychology and word associations play a main role in the matter. Take as simple of a word as 'health'. You may have one interpretation of health, while Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci have other interpretations. Obviously not everyone will have a coherent or constructive knowledge of 'health' or 'healing'! Which is why the existentialist must make a coherent or appealing case for their definitions. Capice? |
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