Philosophical Reflections

A reading path arranged as a continuing series.

5 posts
Existentialist Reading Notes
Thoughts on death, memory, and compulsion in existentialism.
1349 words
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7 minutes
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Near Being, Far Being
Changes brought by an urgent experience of death, and the meaning of small happinesses.
1019 words
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5 minutes
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Pandora's Box
On coughing up blood, awareness of death, and personality change.
161 words
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1 minute
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I Come Alone, I Leave Alone
On Frieren’s sense of time, and whether what passes is insignificant or precious.
1011 words
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5 minutes
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The Psychological Suggestion of Megastructures and Existential Relief
From death's pressure on time to the vast scale of megastructures, an inquiry into why Chang'an, strange tales, immortality, and seemingly remembered worlds can bring existential relief.
3567 words
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18 minutes
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