Rousseau_CHN

I can safely attest to the accuracy of that statement. Every existentialist saw the absurd . Yet, they also saw the suicide, the decision to stop living, as being a poor choice, thus, the only alternative is to continue living.

Even the word 'must' which conotes duty is also accurate. In the word of Sartre, "...we are condemned to be free..."

Thanks for the concern, but, no, I am perfectly in love with life. I posted this thread for academic purposes.

phaedrus

Beoran

End of the day, dont all differences boil down to nuances

And regarding the fritz, he didnt says pleasure could be bifurcated, rather he was talking about the two basic elements in humanity : Apollonian and Dionysian elements ( yin/yang concepts???) —the former representing measure, restraint, harmony, and the latter representing unbridled passion. In "Birth of Tragedy", he was stating that the fusion of this elements was achieved in Greek Tragedy. And the book is another example of the same thing Camus is talking about - Tragedy, according to Nietzsche, afforded a vision of life as meaningful despite the inevitability of human suffering; and this achievement depended on tragedy’s use of both the Apollonian and Dionysian perspectives on the individual’s relationship to the world.

End of the day we become "better" by balancing both these elements.

Well until unless one accepts/realises something, its mere existence doesnt matter.

Buddrow_Wilson

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Buddrow Wilson

"And yet, says the existentialist, we must continue to live life."
Do existentialists make that claim?


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I can safely attest to the accuracy of that statement. Every existentialist saw the absurd . Yet, they also saw the suicide, the decision to stop living, as being a poor choice, thus, the only alternative is to continue living.

Even the word 'must' which conotes duty is also accurate. In the word of Sartre, "...we are condemned to be free..."

I'M NOT A LEARNED PERSON ON THE TOPIC, SO I WAS HONESTLY WONDERING IF THATS A CLAIM THEY MAKE.


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Are you searching outside yourself for a reason to continue existance?

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Thanks for the concern, but, no, I am perfectly in love with life. I posted this thread for academic purposes.

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