12.4.09

truth about existencialism


"Existentialism is often discussed as if it’s a philosophy of despair. But I think the truth is just the opposite. Sartre once interviewed said he never really felt a day of despair in his life. But one thing that comes out from reading these guys is not a sense of anguish about life so much as a real kind of exuberance of feeling on top of it. It’s like your life is yours to create."


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Philosophy professor Robert Solomon, at the University of Texas at Austin - tirado do filme Waking Life.