What brings on depression most for you: death (of others, or the idea of your own), freedom, isolation or meaninglessness?
Death, the inevitable.
Freedom, in an existential sense, refers to the absence of an extrinsic structure. The concept is that humans do not enter a world which is inherently structured. Each of us must create a personal, subjective structure.
Isolation stems from the fact that no matter how close we may become to another person, a gap always remains, and therefore, we are still ultimately alone.
Meaninglessness stems from the first three. If we must die, if we construct our own world, and if each of us is ultimately alone, then what meaning does life have, if any?
If none of the above, what then?
Existentialists: Get depressed much?
Posted on: May 8, 2008 5:57 pm
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Posted on: May 8, 2008 7:08 pm
Existentialists: Get depressed much?wow, what a drag. try switching from kierkegaard to dr. seuss for a little while, lighten it up. really, though, check it out: if life is empty and meaningless, you can make it mean whatever you like. generate whatever reality you choose for yourself - the universe wouldn't exist without you here to perceive it. change your angle of perception and the pendulum swings back to where you can dig it. |
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Posted on: May 8, 2008 7:38 pm
Existentialists: Get depressed much?Thanks for the tip jazz. Hey, myself, I am a helium balloon submersed in a pool of mercury. I am the party you always heard about, but didn't believe. |
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Posted on: May 8, 2008 9:15 pm
Existentialists: Get depressed much?Meaninglessness. Ofcourse, isolation affords me the time to think about the meaninglessness. |
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Posted on: May 8, 2008 11:46 pm
Existentialists: Get depressed much?Until you and your loved ones die. |
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Posted on: May 8, 2008 11:58 pm
Existentialists: Get depressed much?Don't forget that freedom's just another word for nothing's left to lose. |
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