Tag: buddhist

  • Why Has Being Become Manifest as a Burden? An Exploration of Anxiety in Being and Time

    Why Has Being Become Manifest as a Burden? An Exploration of Anxiety in Being and Time

    1. Introductions This essay explores Heidegger’s concept of anxiety in Being and Time and aims to seek clarification for its root cause while answering the question: Why has Being become manifest as a burden? (Heidegger, 1962, p. 173). Section 2 outlines the project of Being and Time, which provides the context for our exploration and…

  • Philosophical Traditions of the East

    Philosophical Traditions of the East

    Truth be told, I had planned to write about the major differences between Eastern and Western philosophy until I realised from my own reading of Indian philosophy and existentialism that there are no unifying essences in either case (Eastern or Western). Of course, there have always been major differences in characteristics between Eastern and Western…