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"existentialism is in large part a response to the purposelessness of modern life"—par 64
icl i disagree with this to a limit, mostly because I think primitive humans probably experienced existential & identity crises too, except perhaps they weren't as aware of them or didn't have the words for them¿¿ alsoooo i believe many of the thoughts humans have; probably existed in another human's mind before. [1]
— Sep 27, 2026 01:59PM
icl i disagree with this to a limit, mostly because I think primitive humans probably experienced existential & identity crises too, except perhaps they weren't as aware of them or didn't have the words for them¿¿ alsoooo i believe many of the thoughts humans have; probably existed in another human's mind before. [1]
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to sum it up i don't necessarily think existential questions are a "product of modern society" insteaddd modern society has simply given us new ways of understanding questions & ideas humans have had for a very long time [2]
— Sep 27, 2026 02:00PM
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the "general tendency" of leftists that Theodore talks about is so interesting to me, i do see at a certain point what he is talking about, but only to an extent. some of it has me curious & wondering (more than that, WANTING) to know how much of it could be proved right psychologically? if not, why did Theodore believe as such about leftists? hmmmmmmm
— Sep 27, 2026 12:35PM
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"but a minority of activists, many of whom do not even belong to any “oppressed” group but come from privileged strata of society."
— Sep 27, 2026 12:18PM