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Single Idea 9242
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action
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Full Idea
The essential problems are those that run the risk of leading to death, or those that intensify the passion of living.
Gist of Idea
Essential problems either risk death, or intensify the passion of life
Source
Albert Camus (The Myth of Sisyphus [1942], 'Abs and Suic')
Book Ref
Camus,Albert: 'The Myth of Sisyphus', ed/tr. O'Brien,Justin [Penguin 1975], p.12
A Reaction
This seems to be distinctively existentialist, in a way that a cool concern for great truths are not ranked as so important. Ranking dangerous problems as crucial seems somehow trivial for a philosopher. Intensity of life is more impressive.
The
17 ideas
with the same theme
[existentialist attitude to decisions and ethics]:
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22027
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Life isn't given to us like a novel - we write the novel
[Novalis]
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20747
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What matters is not right choice, but energy, earnestness and pathos in the choosing
[Kierkegaard]
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16001
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Life may be understood backwards, but it has to be lived forwards
[Kierkegaard]
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24079
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The best life is the dangerous life
[Nietzsche]
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4504
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Morality used to be for preservation, but now we can only experiment, giving ourselves moral goals
[Nietzsche]
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20106
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Nietzsche was fascinated by a will that can turn against itself
[Nietzsche, by Safranski]
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20316
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Every decision I make moves towards or away from fulfilled Existenz
[Jaspers]
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6571
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When a man must choose between his mother and the Resistance, no theory can help
[Sartre, by Fogelin]
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3851
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If I do not choose, that is still a choice
[Sartre]
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9242
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Essential problems either risk death, or intensify the passion of life
[Camus]
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9246
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Danger and integrity are not in the leap of faith, but in remaining poised just before the leap
[Camus]
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22342
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Kantian existentialists care greatly for reasons for action, whereas Surrealists care nothing
[Murdoch]
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22351
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Only a philosopher might think choices create values
[Murdoch]
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22502
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Refraining from murder is not made good by authenticity or self-fulfilment
[Foot]
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4245
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Ethical conviction must be to some extent passive, and can't just depend on the will and decisions
[Williams,B]
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4246
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Taking responsibility won't cure ethical uncertainty by; we are uncertain what to decide
[Williams,B]
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6689
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The key to existentialism: the way you make choices is more important than what you choose
[Graham]
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