“[H]eirs of the flagellants, it is by refining our excruciations that we become conscious of ourselves” SufferingPessimismAnti Natalism Book:The Temptation to Exist Source: The Temptation to Exist
“X maintains we are at the end of a "cosmic cycle" and that soon everything will fall apart. And he does not doubt this for one moment. At the same time, he is the father of a--numerous--family. With certitudes like his, what aberration has deluded him into bringing into a doomed world one child after the next? If we foresee the End, if we are sure it will be coming soon, if we even anticipate it, better to do so alone. One does not procreate on Patmos.” SufferingPessimismAntinatalismAnti NatalismAntinatalistChild FreePatmos Book:The Trouble with Being Born Source: The Trouble with Being Born