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Tag: existentialism
Ah, Nietzsche. The master of dropping philosophical mic drops, and this one is no exception: “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be…
Parmenides’s central idea is that only “what is” truly exists, and he denies the existence of void or nothingness. This means that reality is a…
The Homeric worldview, as grand as it sounds, was basically like living in a mythological-themed soap opera; where gods had more say in your love…
Finding Personal Purpose in a World Without Inherent Meaning The idea that life has no inherent meaning is a heavy one. As someone deeply enthralled…
The study of reality, being, and existence—often grouped under the fields of metaphysics and ontology—poses some of the deepest and most enduring questions that human…
Ancient Greek philosophy is the foundation of all later Western philosophy. The thinker, Heraclitus, is a fascinating thinker to follow. His philosophy, particularly his focus…
Soren Kierkegaard, often regarded as the father of existentialism, placed a profound emphasis on the concept of authenticity in his works. Kierkegaard’s exploration of authenticity…
Positive psychology, as a formal field, emerged in the late 1990s, thanks to the work of psychologists like Martin Seligman. The goal was to shift…