Eggplant.place

1y

Crap, where did I leave my existential dread?

#humor #humour #existentialism #existentialdread #funny #satire

Let's see .. phone (check), keys (check), a potent blend of dread and malaise which grows stronger each day (check) wallet (check). Yes, that's everything.

woman in flower frame doing a thumbs up sign
half-off-screen young woman saying: "You okay babe?"

ALT

Edited 1y ago

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

Don't even get me started on how hard it is to stare into the inaccessible void.

#void #existentialism #humor #humour #irony

hatch closed by a zillion rusty bolts labelled: accessible void

ALT

0 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

118d

The anguish of choice

In the shattered aftermath of war, Sartre delivered a formidable lecture on freedom and meaning. Its urgency remains

by Skye C Cleary

https://aeon.co/essays/re-reading-sartres-lecture-existentialism-is-a-humanism?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=67e66a245e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

#books #philosophy #existentialism

Sketch of Sartre for The New York Times by Reginald Gray, 1965

A pen-and-ink newspaper portrait sketch of Jean-Paul Sartre by Reginald V. Gray, published in The New York Times, showing the philosopher's face with his characteristic glasses in a loose, cross-hatched drawing style.

ALT

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

14d

3 Zen Lessons From Nishida Kitarō to Overcome Existential Dread

Nishida Kitarō, founder of the Kyoto School, offers three Zen-inflected philosophical lessons for facing existential dread without falling into despair.

by Giorgi Vachnadze

https://www.thecollector.com/existential-dread-zen-lessons/

#philosophy #kyotoschool #existentialism #zenphilosophy

Kitarō Nishida, considered the founder of the Kyoto School of philosophical thought, c. 1943.

A vintage black-and-white portrait of an elderly man with thinning hair and round wire-rimmed glasses, wearing a dark traditional Japanese-style robe. He sits at a desk with his arms folded, with open papers or books in front of him.

ALT

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original