Tag: existence
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Yes or No: Is There an External World?
As the title suggests, as of recent, I was pressured into giving a categorical answer to what I deem to be a false dichotomy, for reasons that I shall elaborate later. The question was raised by an acquaintance who grew frustrated with my responses when there was an exchange of metaphysical views between us, which…
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Breath by Breath
Being in the world, this world, is an undeniable reality for each and every one of us. For without it, I wouldn’t be writing; nor you, reading; or anybody else who potentially comes across this essay (no matter how remotely). Each of us living, having lived; breathing, having breathed. Thinking and tinkering about the days…
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Rewriting the Significance of Your Being
1. The Problem of Anxiety Red pill, blue pill? Such were the options that Neo received from Morpheus in the hugely acclaimed film The Matrix, as Neo grew bothered with the irregularities that he recently noticed in his life. Taking the blue pill is promised to instantly relieve him of all anxieties, after which he…
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A Buddhist Answers: Why Is There Anything At All?
Answering the biggest question of all. The Big Question The question “why is there anything at all?” or originally framed as “why is there something rather than nothing?” by the 17th century rationalist Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz has remained ‘unsolvable’ to most modern man. Some philosophers have argued against the validity of the question whilst others…