Thread by @razor0fOccam

some old people are oppressed by the fear of death. in young, there’s a justification for this feeling. young ,who have reason to fear that they’ll be killed in battle, may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they were cheated of the best things that life has to offer...

but in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble...

the best way to overcome it (at least it seems to me) is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.
~Bertrand Russell~

russell'dan doganin guzelligi, uyumu, yasamin anlami uzerine mini mini anektodlar.

ilkinde "sacmalamayin", ikinci anektodda sizi gidi tavsan yurekliler diye cikisiyor ustad-i azam.

scepsis.net/eng/articles/i…

bu kadar da chill, bu kadar da down to earth bi agabeyimizdi kendisi.

excellencereporter.com/2015/03/12/ber…

bir yonuyle diger tum filozoflarla benzerlik gosterir tabi ki. yasamin anlami uzerine soylediklerine heyecanla bakan tecrubesiz bunyeleri hayal kirikligina ugratir. butun filozoflar yapar bunu..

okuyup bitirince de a aaa bi bakarsiniz ki o ilk beklentideki heyecaniniz uzerineymis butun yazilanlar. cozmeye calistiklari, uzerine kafa yorduklari ve size anlattiklari aslinda hayatin anlami uzerine degilmis.

dikkat edin bak tum filozoflar bunu yapiyor son tahlilde.

zizek de misal benzer filozof arketipini ciziyor zaman zaman...

hulasa, bunlar hep buyuk resmi goren insanlar. bilissel naifliklerin tamamindan muaflar yani.

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