I love philosophy. I, most of the time, immerse myself into the writings of the worlds most formidable minds—Plato, Aquinas, Descartes, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, et al—until I find myself falling asleep, if not doubting, in a Cartesian way, the existence of my own brain when I cannot understand what they are saying. I, for the record, do not consider Jaden Smith as a contemporary philosopher, although, I admit, I follow him on Twitter. In relation to that, I would like to share snippets of some of my own philosophical treatises on the fundamental queries of human existence: On Life: Does life have any meaning? Intrinsically, it lacks one. This gives you two choices: to commit suicide (as suggested by Camus); or, to create your own meaning of life. If you choose to commit suicide, good luck, and it might be delightful for people who hate you so much. If you choose to give meaning to life, good luck also, but you can always consult a dictionary. On Death: Not only is death the end of life as we know it, but also the source of income of funeral parlors. Death is inevitable, and sometimes, it can be voluntary (e.g. suicide). For the suicidal, death is the ultimate answer to their problems, which is most of the time being dumped by their partners after having a misunderstanding over food. To delve deeper, take a crash course in Advanced Brooding and Applied Morbidity. On Afterlife (if there would be): Beliefs, especially of Semitic genesis, claim that it’s either heaven or hell. Hinduism and Buddhism, on the one hand, believe in the afterlife in the form of reincarnation, which means, in your next life, you can be a cow and wind up stuck inside a tin can as corned beef, which is a lot scarier than being in hell. I am not concerned, however, with whether or not the hereafter exists. After all, to know the answer is a sheer impossibility, unless, of course, we could ask some dead people their opinions about it. What concerns me the most is, if there would be life after death, would I still need to buy an insurance there? On “Beforelife” (if there was): If we consider what comes after life, we might as well consider what comes before it, right? What is prior to life, to all these things? Was there a first cause, who pushed the second cause, who pushed the third cause, and so on until it has become, as we know it now, a lot of pushing all the way, very much like a domino, if not a stampede? Honestly, I have no idea because I was not there when it supposedly happened.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 09:38:12 +0000
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