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Single Idea 19601
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst
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Full Idea
By dint of accumulating non-mysteries and monopolizing non-meanings, life inspires more dread than death; it is life which is the Great Unknown.
Gist of Idea
Life is now more dreaded than death
Source
E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 1 'Variations')
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.11
A Reaction
This is the sort of remark we pay continental philosophers to make.
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[life permeated by insecurities and meaninglessness]:
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20732
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If man considers himself as lost and imprisoned in the universe, he will be terrified
[Pascal]
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22029
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Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment
[Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]
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22096
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Anxiety is not a passing mood, but a response to human freedom
[Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
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22097
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The ultimate in life is learning to be anxious in the right way
[Kierkegaard]
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21909
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Ultimate knowledge is being anxious in the right way
[Kierkegaard]
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20758
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Anxiety is staring into the yawning abyss of freedom
[Kierkegaard]
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7078
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The freedom of the subject means the collapse of moral certainty
[Nietzsche, by Critchley]
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2876
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The thought of suicide is a great reassurance on bad nights
[Nietzsche]
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21952
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Anxiety about death frees me to live my own life
[Heidegger, by Wrathall]
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22224
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Anxiety is the uncanniness felt when constantly fleeing from asserting one's own freedom
[Heidegger, by Caputo]
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22165
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Anxiety reveals the possibility and individuality of Dasein
[Heidegger]
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20755
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Fear concerns the world, but 'anguish' comes from confronting my self
[Sartre]
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19604
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Unlike other creatures, mankind seems lost in nature
[Cioran]
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19606
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We can only live because our imagination and memory are poor
[Cioran]
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19601
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Life is now more dreaded than death
[Cioran]
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23074
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In anxiety people cling to what reinforces it, because it is a deep need
[Cioran]
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20761
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If existence is absurd it can never have a meaning
[Beauvoir]
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20734
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Anxiety, nausea, guilt and absurdity shake us up, revealing our freedom and limits
[Aho]
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