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• in Gaming
  Waiting for Star Wars: The Sith Warrior Progression
  The gaming world waits for SWTOR.
  by manylaughs / on Apr 30, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “existentialism”

 

• Wall Street Journal: “This Is Water” Commencement Speech Goes Viral on the Net

  
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  The Wall Street Journal has highlighted this commencement speech , and I thought it so good, I had to share it here with my UBC Management students. It is at least as good as Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford commencement address, and it was also given in the same year, 2005. Ironically, this commencement speech is by a ...
  6 days ago

• Stealing Content

  
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  There has been a recent fervor involving my last post here on Hammermarks – 5 Things About Me. It wasn’t about what I wrote about myself, but basically just one word I used – “stole.” There was a whole conversation … Continue reading →
  1 week ago

• Emily Dickinson’s Poem, “My Life had stood–a Loaded Gun–”

  
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  I’d like to offer an existentialist interpretation of Emily Dickinson’s famously perplexing poem, “My Life had stood–A Loaded Gun–” (poem 754 in her collected works). Here’s the poem: My Life had stood–a Loaded Gun– In Corners–till a Day The Owner passed–identified– And carried Me ...
  1 week ago

• William Vallicella on the Meaning of Life

  
  A Myth in Creation: Awais Aftab's Blog — Authority: 133
  William Vallicella (aka Maverick Philosopher ) recently made a series of posts on the topic of meaning of life , and these contain some of the most philosophically sophisticated and refined discussions that I have read on the matter. In this post I’d like to summarize some of his main conclusions, primarily for ...
  1 week ago

• "Life is without meaning. You bring meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to..."

  
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  “Life is without meaning. You bring meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.” - Joseph Campbell
  1 week ago

• Book Review : Heath Lowrance - City of Heretics (2012)

  
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  Order CITY OF HERETICS here Order THE BASTARD HAND here Order DIG TEN GRAVES here Order MILES TO LITTLE RIDGE here Order THAT DAMNED COYOTE HILL here Order THE LONG BLACK TRAIN here Order THE SPIDER TRIBE here He said, "Is that...is that Crowe?" Crowe nodded and Rad said "No shit. Well Ill be damned. ...
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• You sting like the bees

  
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  Like the fire that ignites, pain can sometimes consume an emotion. I let myself be stung by the bees and felt nothing for awhile. Until I saw my skin swell and felt one of the bees barbed stinger lingered . A friend told me I have a high tolerance for pain, I could have not known that. Pain is something that is so ...
  1 week ago

• How does the work of Carl Rogers, Robert Maslow, and Frankl relate to existentialism?

  
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  Question by vtech_a: How does the work of Carl Rogers, Robert Maslow, and Frankl relate to existentialism? A lil psychology experiment? Im so confused. Best answer: Answer by Something or Otherha ha, besides that those guys were the founding fathers of the movement. Existentialism is in laymans term, finding your ...
  1 week ago

• theparisreview:Henri the Existential Cat waxes philosophical...

  
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  theparisreview : Henri the Existential Cat waxes philosophical on the price of literary fame. This is how I imagine all cats’ internal dialogues sound, although not necessarily in French.
  2 weeks ago

• The Absurd: Nagel, Camus, Lupu

  
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  I have been re-reading Thomas Nagels seminal paper, "The Absurd," which originally appeared in The Journal of Philosophy , October 1971, and is collected in Nagels Mortal Questions (Cambridge UP, 1979, 11-23.)  Damn, but it is good.  Nagel is one of our best philosophers.  Hes the real thing. Nagels central ...
  2 weeks ago

• Paging Dr. Godhead

  
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  “…whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.” –Bertrand Russell “The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction … Continue reading →
  2 weeks ago

• Morning coffee: Tuesday

  
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  via  randomactsofchaos  / youtube Tuesday angst.
  3 weeks ago

• HEL : LER :: 028 : Rap Game: Salvador DaliE.S.G. –...

  
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  HEL : LER :: 028 : Rap Game: Salvador Dali E.S.G. – Ballin Foodman – Tongue Ras G – Ascension from Nigga 2 Negus Shabazz Palaces – Swerve… the reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding) El Michels Affair – Cherchez La Ghost Quasimoto – Rappcats Pt. 3 Tyler, The ...
  3 weeks ago

• The 5 Final Destinations Nation

  
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    The most effective teen horror films , like HALLOWEEN and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, know that closed-down gold mines or prom trains or the moon or other weird settings dont scare kids; you need to get them where they live--suburbia. The FINAL DESTINATION series gets that, and attacks us where we live, in the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Camus: An Almost-Christian?

  
  A Myth in Creation: Awais Aftab's Blog — Authority: 133
  The prospect that Albert Camus may have been considering converting to Christianity in the years before his death is something that makes me very uneasy, as an avid admirer (though not necessarily a subscriber) of his philosophy of the absurd. The dubious information comes to us from a memoir written by Howard ...
  4 weeks ago

• How fragile is man ...

  
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  I had started this poem about two weeks ago, when Shekespeares one Hamlet soliloquy had a mash-up in my mind with Psalm 8. I finished it up today, motivated by some existential philosophy and comparative religions reading. HOW FRAGILE IS MAN How fragileis man in constitution Like acreature without divine design ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tylenol Found to Reduce Anxiety Over Existential Uncertainty and Death

  
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  Researchers at the University of British Columbia say theyve discovered yet another use for Tylenol besides breaking a fever and relieving pain: Reducing anxiety associated with "thoughts of existential uncertainty and death." More »
  4 weeks ago

• Anna Karenina: Crimes against God, Grace of God

  
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  The recent remake of Anna Karenina starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law depicts the entire story as taking place on the stage, although it does not always maintain that consistently. It also focuses... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Is Existing Online a Quest of Loneliness or Giving?

  
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  Image by Den Den Do you sense a lack of clear meaning in this online rat race? On one hand, existence stands in its purest form, reasons to be online, missions of the niche! Then we dilute existence with digital records of ice cream trips, Nike Fuel runs, and manufactured savoir faire. Self determination now ...
  4 weeks ago

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