Submitted by Sasakii t3_yc62eh in philosophy
Wuizel t1_itnvigt wrote
I would argue that absurdism actually presents that existentialist meaning-making is incoherent and inadequate, and so meaning making cannot be what drives us, because under greater examination it is not sustainable because it is not possible in an absurd world. This "infinitude of one's own freedom" is seen as a lie. So why devote your life to it. To live, to live well by yourself and by others, to recommit yourself to the present instead of meaning-making, allowing the world to be it's incoherent self, can be argued as more motivational than meaning-making because meaning-making is a story that can be, and absurdist would argue, is wrong. Instead of fighting it, accept that you don't understand, accept that you'll make mistakes, yet keep going anyways, cause you have already examined the question of suicide and you are consciously deciding to go on.
the_grungydan t1_itobr4w wrote
Excellently stated.
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