Tag: spirituality
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God is Hopeless
Most people who know me think I’m an atheist, in the conventional sense of one who disbelieves in God—which, to me, is a gross oversimplification. This article serves to clarify my position regarding the matter. When one thinks of God, one tends to think of a personal figure or deity, perhaps one who is ‘up…
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The Meaning of Everydayness
Published 29 September 2024Last updated 4 October 2024 Here I am, sitting in a quiet room, typing away. There you are, sitting or standing or what have you: reading this article that caught the eye. Here we are, breathing, being. But what does it mean to be? Existential philosophers such as Heidegger and Sartre would…
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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…
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