Every young person I talk to seems to be in the thrall of ideas like "we make our own meaning in life" and "everything is subjective". I'm not a learned man, but I trust my intuition. And it seems to me that if you follow that line of thinking that the only thing that matters to you is 'happiness' or 'comfort'. I just don't think we make our own meaning and I don't think that everything is potentially meaningful. I could hunt for answers in my toilet but that wouldn't be meaningful just because I thought it was. What are some books or philosophers to combat this banal and trite unexamined belief that is plaguing our youth?
Every young person I talk to seems to be in the thrall of ideas like "we make our own meaning in life" and "everything...
Gabriel Morris
Oliver Young
This naval-gazing belongs on /r9k/, it has nothing to do with literature despite your belief that "intelligent" ideas directly correlate with books.
Joshua Robinson
L I T E R A L L Y the Greeks
These pseuds have just clung onto a maxim or two that lend an air of intellect to their chosen lifestyle
Michael Howard
stop letting children trigger you.
Logan Young
Wrong board, dipshit.
Luke Smith
The children are right. There's no meaning in life. No objective right and wrong, no afterlife, no purpose. You can make your own purpose, but by the time you die you'll just regret it and wish you had focused on something else. The grass is always greener on the other side.
Sebastian Ramirez
How is this the wrong board for this? I'm requesting books that refute trite existentialism or whatever. And I added some of my own musings to foster discussion.
Cameron Powell
That's because every young person you meet is still in the aesthetic phase, but don't worry, they'll likely make it to the ethical phase once they get married. Maybe some will even make it to the religious phase when they get thrown into the psychiatric ward, who knows.
Asher Long
Good point actually. I'm gonna look more into these phases. Thank you.
Henry Murphy
Nietzsche is the antithesis to that sentiment.