ATTITUDES TO LIFE How should I relate to life? WEEK 1 - MarcelWEEK 2 - KierkegaardWEEK 3 - SenecaWEEK 4 - Nietzsche- I love my smartphone, my television, my GPS. - That’s too much noise for me. I pref...
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THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. FIDELITY TO MYSELF 2. GENEROSITY AS LIGHT 3. PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIENCE 4. BEING TOGETHER 5. ATTITUDE TO LIFE 6. DEEP IDEAS Gabriel Marcel (1...
ATTITUDES TO LIFE
How should I relate to life?
| WEEK 1 - Marcel | WEEK 2 - Kierkegaard | WEEK 3 - Seneca | WEEK 4 - Nietzsche |
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I love my smartphone, my television, my GPS. |
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That’s too much noise for me. I prefer a quiet time with myself or with a friend. |
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What about new Hollywood movies? New video-games? Facebook? |
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I don’t need them. They are shallow distractions, popular trash. |
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You want everything to be deep and meaningful. |
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And you? |
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I just like fun. If I can make somebody smile, what else do I need? |
| - | I am interested in people too. |
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Yes, but in a different way. You want to have “deep conversations” with them. I like to have good time with people, to do things together. |
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In short, you and I you face life differently. |
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I stand here, on earth, together with everything around me. You, on the other hand, look high up to the sky above. |
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In other words, we have two very different attitudes to life. |
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How many attitudes are there? |
