Today we’re going to talk about the anxiety you feel when you have a lot to choose from but know that you can only choose one. I know this might sound like a lot to process, but Kierkegaard has interesting thoughts on it all in a single paragraph on page 154. The first sentence reads… Continue reading Kierkegaard’s life lesson (10/5)

A famous biblical story that centers on faith is the story of Abraham and Isaac. Søren Kierkegaard argues that Abraham’s faith involves the teleological suspension of the ethical, or the disregard of ethics for the sake of some outcome. Abraham disregarded the ethical concern of killing his son for the sake of proving his faith… Continue reading Kierkegaard and unethical faith?

Camus seems to be telling us that no matter what we do, we are taking part in an absurd life. To him it doesn’t matter if you’re Don Juan, an actor, or a conqueror—all your efforts sum up to no meaning. Don Juan loves one person after another but doesn’t really achieve anything. An actor… Continue reading Camus thinks your job is absurd (9/21)

In The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus discusses what he calls the absurd. In order to motivate and understand a little of the absurd, I will lay out the experience that could be familiar to you from the times of quarantine. Quarantine subjected many of us to undesirable periods of loneliness. Whereas we usually spent… Continue reading Finding the absurd in covid loneliness (9/14)

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