realisation

Solipsism is the belief that nothing exists except my own self

According to Descartes

"I think, therefore I am"

Since I perceive my own thoughts (stream of consciousness) I have a subjective certainty of my own existence

Everything I perceive outside of myself could just as easily be a sensory illusion a hallucination

Human life thus takes place in a universe in which the individual can never be certain that anything exists outside of themselves

The individual resolves this question by accepting the existence of everything they cannot know to be certain of ( everything outside their own mind)

question : How to deal with this uncertainty?

What solutions have you found to escape the solipsistic trap?

(Long version with my view)

Each day you push your own stone uphill through routines obligations ambitions that promise meaning yet never fully deliver it like Sisyphus you are aware of the repetition and it is precisely this awareness that defines your condition

Camus argues that the tragedy of Sisyphus is not the labor itself but the moment of consciousness the instant when he understands that the summit will never be final there is no redemption waiting at the top no hidden purpose guaranteed by the gods the world remains silent yet Camus refuses despair he asks you not to flee this silence but to stay with it in

accepting the absurd without appeal you reclaim your freedom the stone no longer belongs to the gods it becomes yours you push it not because it leads somewhere but because you choose to this choice transforms punishment into revolt meaning is not discovered it is enacted through persistence Camus most radical claim is also his most intimate one happiness is possible here not as comfort or hope but as clarity to imagine Sisyphus happy is to imagine yourself refusing illusion refusing resignation and still saying yes to life as it is

The question Camus leaves you with is unavoidable.

Misanthropy is not hatred of humanity, but disgust with its weakness

Man is not despised for being cruel, but for being small not for his instincts, but for denying them while moralizing his fear. The misanthrope turns away not from life, but from the herd that reduces life to comfort and resentment. What appears as contempt is often a demand for a higher type of human being.

do i reject humanity because it is weak?

or because I fear demanding more of myself?

is not the absence of others, but the impossibility of being fully understood.

Every consciousness is enclosed within itself, no experience can be completely shared.

Even in intimacy, we remain singular beings, responsible for our own meaning.

Loneliness, therefore, is not a defect of life but a condition of existence.

To be a self at all is already to be alone.

I know that I know nothing.

In Plato’s Apology this sounds less humble and more self confident. Socrates shows that many people do not really know what they claim to know even in their own professions. His own wisdom is mainly that he knows his limits. Guided by the oracle of Delphi he questions others and often leaves them confused. This makes him unpopular and leads to his death.

Plato presents him as guided by a divine voice honest and ready to accept his fate. In this way he is similar to biblical prophets like Jeremiah or Ezekiel though there is no proof of a direct connection.

places love at the center and looks at it from different perspectives

The participants give speeches about Eros and emphasize different aspects

Phaedrus praises Eros as the oldest and most honorable god but

Pausanias distinguishes between heavenly and earthly love and shows that not every kind of love has the same value

Eryximachus understands love as a principle that brings order to the world

So does Aristophanes/ describes love as the human longing for wholeness

Agathon sees beauty as the core of Eros

Socrates presents Diotima’s teaching and explains love as a striving for beauty and immortality

Alcibiades adds his personal experience of love

honestly i don’t feel it

means being able to act or refrain from acting in a selfdetermined way

Passive freedom means being protected from interference with this ability and Defended freedom is a form of freedom limited by legal rules and prohibitions , Undefended freedom refers to acting or refraining from acting on the basis of legal permission

I am not free if I cannot participate in shaping the rules of social coexistence

I am not free if I lack the knowledge required for a self-determined decision

I am also not free if I cannot rationally justify my decision

According to Kant a person is free when they give themselves a law through reason

Why do you repress the fact that we all live in a lie? It's always the same thing

Does that fulfill us?

The question of whether it fulfills us is funny

How do we know anything about it and how is it fulfilling when we experience the same thing every day? We can't get out of here, no matter how hard we try , They win and they will continue to control us for centuries if not until this shitty planet is destroyed by humanity

Do "they" belong to us too? What ultimately distinguishes them from us? "Us"

us, or just me? ???????