What matters

Agent Smith September 11, 2022 at 05:10 1250 views 4 comments
Quoting 180 Proof
Buddhism is a hundred times as realistic as Christianity it is part of its living heritage that it is able to face problems objectively and coolly; it is the product of long centuries of philosophical speculation.
— The Antichrist
Re: "The Euthyphro" – God is irrelevant (vide Epicuus). :fire:

?Agent Smith If it's a profoundly good or funny book, then I'll need to read it again ... and again ... and again ....


Stuff that matter

1. Good 2. Funny 3. Left to the reader as an exercise

Is there an hierarchy? I listed the two things that matter (to 180 Proof, I agree) horizontally so that people won't assume one is more/less important than the other.

The floor is open for comments ...

Comments (4)

180 Proof September 11, 2022 at 05:16 #738202
Reply to Agent Smith Only in profundity.
Agent Smith September 11, 2022 at 05:31 #738210
Quoting 180 Proof
Only in profundity.


Of course, of course.

Life, some say, is a cruel joke :lol: (weep + laugh)

Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher :cry: . Anicca or panta rhei (life is cruel).

Democritus, the laughing philosopher :grin: The Myth of Sisyphus (Absurdism) by Albert Camus (life is a joke). We must imagine Sisyphus happy.

180 Proof September 11, 2022 at 05:37 #738213
Quoting Agent Smith
Life, some say, is a cruel joke :lol: (weep + laugh)

Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher :cry: . Anicca or panta rhei (life is cruel).

Democritus, the laughing philosopher :grin: (life is a joke).

Wings of the absurd (Zapffe-Camus-Rosset).
Agent Smith September 11, 2022 at 05:49 #738225
Quoting 180 Proof
Wings of the absurd (Zapffe-Camus-Rosset).


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