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April 07, 2003
Suicide and life
There is only one really serious philosophical question, and that is suicide. Deciding whether or not life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question in philosophy. All other questions follow from that-- Albert Camus The Myth of Sisyphus and other essays Posted at April 7, 2003 10:20 AM
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....I do not believe that human existence has any discernable external meaning, rather only internal meaning, that is to say what is relative to the individual's perception of his or her own existence, and the value or lack there of....suicide ends an individuals' existence, and each of us must make the choice as to whether or not we are willing to face oblivion now or later...but...it will surely face us eventually one way or the other....philsosophical ramblings, with all their hot licks and rhetoric and open-ended questions are all too soon rendered mute, because in the end, we are all dead and gone, and any meaning for each of us, with it.....
Posted by: Charles Beckman on January 29, 2004 10:29 PMPost a comment