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Re: Existentialism
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Existentialism / 7 April 07 /
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> On 7Apr CanZen wrote: [snip]
Wisdom (sophiology?) is no longer
> a valid quest for the human
earthling,
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tx ask: No? Says who?
Why not sophiology? Is a rational understanding
of human-wisdom out of reach
perhaps? Too 'theological' maybe?
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> where the hell did you
come from?
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haha, everywhere and
nowhere; but mostly out of the books ... :)
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> You said that the existentialism
of Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus, and
> that lot is NOT what you
are about. Great! That bunch were certainly
> giants asking all the pertinent
questions,
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I tend to agree; except
that I'd say '*almost* all of the
pertinent questions'.
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> but then they found their
answers . . . OK....
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And also including both atheists
and theists in the same group.
Different answers, yet more
or less on the same side too; curious.
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> I'm a big fan of Maurice
Merleau-Ponty (Existential Phenomenlogist,
> 1940's and 50's). He started
out with Sartre and Camus but eventually
> found them going in all
the wrong directions
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That's one of the best talent's
that existentialism has; there's just *so*
many directions in which
to go. Almost endless possibilities, really.
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> (too self-centered and
still Kantian in their thinking).
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The 'Enlightenment'
ways can't be so causally brushed aside, eh?
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> Who would you recommend
as a good read in the existential area
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Nietzsche is often
a good place to start. I've always found that Kaufmann's
books on the subject are
very readable and informative. Beyond that, Colin
Wilson's outsider-series
is mighty good reading, along with his 'The New
Existentialism' (a book that
is, alas, *very* hard to find in my neck of
the woods). And then there’s
‘A Criminal History of Mankind’, which is
must-reading for any student
of existentialism. Beyond that, K.Jaspers.
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> . . . or is zen buddhism
and daoism more appropriate? -- Bob
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More appropriate in general,
you mean? haha, maybe. There was a certain
philosopher over in twentieth-century
Japan that I am very anxious to know
a lot more about; especially
his writings, which are absurdly slow to find
their way into english. His
name is Nishida Kitarô. Is there anyone here at
sam's-place who can tell
me something about his philosophy?
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- the almost hopeful one - textman ;>
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