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“Some men become what they were born for.”

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Sheenagh Pugh, born on December 20, 1950, is a renowned poet known for her profound emotions and unique style. Her works have won the hearts of readers with their depth and originality. more

“The individual is defined only by his relationship to the world and to other individuals; he exists only by transcending himself, and his freedom can be achieved only through the freedom of others. He justifies his existence by a movement which, like freedom, springs from his heart but which leads outside of himself.”

World Heart Individual Existence Movement Spring Defined Justify Existential Transcending

Book:The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism

Source: The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism

“I call a lie: wanting not to see something one does see, wanting not to see something as one sees it... The most common lie is the lie one tells to oneself; lying to others is relatively the exception.”

Doe Lying Common Oneself Exception Existential

Book:The Vision of Nietzsche

Source: The Vision of Nietzsche

“The notion of ambiguity must not be confused with that of absurdity. To declare that existence is absurd is to deny that it can ever be given a meaning; to say that it is ambiguous is to assert that its meaning is never fixed, that it must be constantly won. Absurdity challenges every ethics; but also the finished rationalization of the real would leave no room for ethics; it is because man's condition is ambiguous that he seeks, through failure and outrageousness, to save his existence.”

Men Real Given Challenges Rooms Existence Conditions Ethics Notion Deny Finished Absurd Fixed Confused Existential Absurdity Ambiguity Ambiguous

Book:The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism

Source: The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism

“Despair is suffering without meaning.”

Suffering Despair Existential

Author:Viktor E. Frankl

“It is absolutely impossible for a subject to see or have insight into something while leaving itself out of the picture, so impossible that knowing and being are the most opposite of all spheres.”

Knowing Impossible Subjects Opposites Leaving Insight Spheres Existential

Book:Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks

Source: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks

“Less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with others, or self-reflection. While life has become more manageable for many people, it has become commensurately less engaged.”

People Self Reflection Discovery Intimacy Engaged Existential Self Reflection Animated Manageable

Author:Kirk J. Schneider

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