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My New Life
Most people haven’t yet read what I’m about to post, so I’m posting it here on the primary page of my blog. I didn’t think to post it here until this morning when a beautiful and intelligent writer friend of … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Writing
Tagged anguish, breaking up, desire, divorce, longing, Love, regret, remorse, suffering, writing
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On Hope: Wisdom From My Beloved Professor
So I received some correspondence from a professor of mine who is vastly more enlightened than I am, and has powerful insight into very esoteric fields of study in philosophy and religion. The woman is a true master of minds, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Writing
Tagged Grief, hope, hopelessness, philosophy, suffering
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Been gone a long time
Sorry for the really fucking long absence, everyone. Shit has been severely, severely fucked up for a while. It’s like a giant shit bomb went off, and every single thing in my life was covered in it. Yeah, I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Religion
Tagged "Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted upon us by the arbitrary will of another, Arthuer Schopenhauer, Dagny, fucked up shit, God, happiness, i'm drunk, Immanuel Kant, Kant, Kierkegaard, Life, Love, Schopenhauer, Soren Kierkegaard, sorrow, suffering
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Ultimate love
Let’s have a quick thought experiment. Think about love. What makes it profound? What makes it worthwhile? What makes one love more significant, or, dare I say, real, than other kinds of love? People often say, “You can’t love a … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Writing
Tagged agape, eros, Love, phileo, philosophy, philosophy of love, suffering, thought experiment
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