How many of you considered yourself an "existentialist"?

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by underwearer

I've got a Matisse tattoo.
That is not a tattoo.

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Well on the other hand christians can't eat owls....
That was the deal-breaker for me.

Originally Posted by Coho

One thing I hate about existentialism is that it says men are basically born with freewill but that there are external forces (god, social boundaries, institutions) that circumscribe one's choices. So what happens if you're truly free-minded? You'll just do as you wish: kill, maraud, pillage, etc and these actions neither represent freedom nor transcendence. Dostoevsky: men free themselves from the shackles of morality only to be chained to basic necessities (lust, greed, etc.) Overall, it's a disappointingly lugubrious philosophy.
I prefer, "Wherever you go, there you are."

Originally Posted by GoSurface

At one point. Now all I believe in is funk.

Now you're talkin'!

 

[Coho]

Actually, I think Existentialism is a false philosophy. Aristotelian philosophy serves to elevate the one's journey through life. Most existentialists I like die of sexually transmitted diseases (Friedrich Nietsche et al. ) or freak accidents (Albert Camus et. al.)

Originally Posted by lawyerdad

That is not a tattoo.

That was the deal-breaker for me.

I prefer, "Wherever you go, there you are."



Now you're talkin'!

 

[Go Surface]

Originally Posted by lawyerdad

Now you're talkin'!

I'm already starting to feel absolved.

 

[underwearer]

 

[Maharlika]

Albert Camus is one of my favorites and quoting from his book, the Rebel: "The heart is the weak spot of the intellect". So French.

 

[JLibourel]

Despite philosophy having been an important component of Oxford "Greats," I never quite figured out what exactly existentialism was. It wasn't part of Greats. Hence, I have passed through life largely oblivious to it. However, as one of my pals at Oxford remarked, he thought my essential philosophy of life was one of brute irrationalism. He was probably right.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

Originally Posted by skalogre

What a coincidence, I am a favaist - I eat fava beans sort of regularly!
Clearly not a Pythagorean! Pythagoras did not eat beans because he believed them to be of the same stuff as humans. It lead to his death because he refused to cross a field of beans while being chased by his killers.

 

[skalogre]

Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife

Clearly not a Pythagorean! Pythagoras did not eat beans because he believed them to be of the same stuff as humans. It lead to his death because he refused to cross a field of beans while being chased by his killers.

Ah yes, the crazy cynic. That was indeed one of the Pythagoreian tenents, to not eat fava beans. Which probably had something to do with favism actually which is still found in those areas of the Mediterranean (I remember not being allowed to eat fava beans growing up as children are more likely to be affected by that syndrome).

I am unconsciously making up for it now, hence I am a favist

 

[LabelKing]

So who's a devotee of Priapus?

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

^ hard to maintain that kind of devotion.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife

^ hard to maintain that kind of devotion.

It's a religion of suffering.

 

[Coho]

From wikipedia: "His Roman equivalent was Mutinus Mutunus"

For some reason, his Roman name sounds like he has a small member. "tinus!"

Originally Posted by LabelKing

So who's a devotee of Priapus?

 

[Dedalus]

Better a devotee of Priapus than Peyronie.

 

[Fade to Black]

i'm a nihilist.

 

[Coho]

I was too, but it won't help you in the long run.

Originally Posted by Fade to Black

i'm a nihilist.