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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4384398" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>I like that quote. I like Nietzsche in general. I also agree that attaining a certain level of comfort does make us soft. The end should never be comfort, the struggle should always be for freedom. And in the struggle is where we find meaning. Laziness borne out of comfort is certainly a pitfall of "liberal institutions" but not an unavoidable one, and I'll take that over a high likelihood of a brutal death any day.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I couldn't agree more. I consider myself to be an absurdist, and you have encapsulated that philosophy very well here. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's interesting that you bring up Nietzche, as he is a pessimist of strength, criticizing his contemporary pessimist philosophers as being pessimists of weakness. I may be wrong, but it seems like your thinking lines up more with the other pessimists. Whereas they are apt to say there is no solution, so there is no point in trying, Nietzsche would say there probably is no solution, but that is all the more reason to dare to look for one anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4384398, member: 63706"] I like that quote. I like Nietzsche in general. I also agree that attaining a certain level of comfort does make us soft. The end should never be comfort, the struggle should always be for freedom. And in the struggle is where we find meaning. Laziness borne out of comfort is certainly a pitfall of "liberal institutions" but not an unavoidable one, and I'll take that over a high likelihood of a brutal death any day. I couldn't agree more. I consider myself to be an absurdist, and you have encapsulated that philosophy very well here. It's interesting that you bring up Nietzche, as he is a pessimist of strength, criticizing his contemporary pessimist philosophers as being pessimists of weakness. I may be wrong, but it seems like your thinking lines up more with the other pessimists. Whereas they are apt to say there is no solution, so there is no point in trying, Nietzsche would say there probably is no solution, but that is all the more reason to dare to look for one anyway. [/QUOTE]
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