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Existentialism is less interesting than what I ate for dinner. Discuss.
Explicit:
Ender, out of curiosity, have you read anything by Friedrich Nietzsche? He firmly opposes Christianity, and though his approach is very different from conventional works, it was something that I found to be interesting.
d&q:
While I'm not commenting directly about Friedrich Nietzsche, I would just like to take some time to say here that Existentialism sucks.
Ender:
--- Quote from: Bender on February 29, 2008, 04:01:20 am ---Ender, out of curiosity, have you read anything by Friedrich Nietzsche? He firmly opposes Christianity, and though his approach is very different from conventional works, it was something that I found to be interesting.
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I've read a little Nietzsche, but not about his views on Christianity. We will be reading Genealogy of Morality in the Spring in my Humanities class.
Specifically, I read "The Problem of Socrates" in Twilight of the Idols, while reading Plato's Dialogues. The Problem of Socrates is really funny :D :D
Explicit:
--- Quote from: Deuce on February 29, 2008, 05:25:45 am ---While I'm not commenting directly about Friedrich Nietzsche, I would just like to take some time to say here that Existentialism sucks.
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What about it do you disagree with?
--- Quote from: Ender on February 29, 2008, 07:45:39 am ---
--- Quote from: Bender on February 29, 2008, 04:01:20 am ---Ender, out of curiosity, have you read anything by Friedrich Nietzsche? He firmly opposes Christianity, and though his approach is very different from conventional works, it was something that I found to be interesting.
--- End quote ---
I've read a little Nietzsche, but not about his views on Christianity. We will be reading Genealogy of Morality in the Spring in my Humanities class.
Specifically, I read "The Problem of Socrates" in Twilight of the Idols, while reading Plato's Dialogues. The Problem of Socrates is really funny :D :D
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:)
d&q:
--- Quote from: Bender on February 29, 2008, 08:55:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Deuce on February 29, 2008, 05:25:45 am ---While I'm not commenting directly about Friedrich Nietzsche, I would just like to take some time to say here that Existentialism sucks.
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What about it do you disagree with?
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I disagree with the presupposition that one can reject the validity of objective truth and simultaneously effect a meaningful self-purpose. I am also in disagreement with multiple conjectures that are further derived from this assumption.
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