Alan Watts
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The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…I mean by metaphysics is really the question of what are your basic assumptions, what are the stakes really in living? I quoted Camus who said that the only really serious philosophical problem is whether or not to commit suicide. That is to say is the…
…I didn't ask for it take it away. And yet, and yet and yet very few people are all too ready to take it away. Camus said that the only serious philosophical problem is whether or not to commit suicide. And if you don't, if you don't say take it…
…of life. But the whole idea of struggling and beating your brains out in order to go on living is completely ridiculous. Camus, at the beginning of his book the myth of sisyphus, made this very sensible statement he said: the only real deep philosophical…
…a machine, and your idea that you're a machine is just a machine too. So if you're a smart kid you commit suicide. Camus said there is only really one serious philosophical question, which is whether or not to commit suicide. I think there are four or…
…I didn't ask for it take it away. And yet, and yet, and yet very few people are all too ready to take it away. Camus said that the only serious philosophical problem is whether or not to commit suicide. And if you don't, if you don't say take it…
…a machine and your idea that you're a machine is just a machine too. So if you're a smart kid you commit suicide. Camus said there is only really one serious philosophical question, which is whether or not to commit suicide. I think there are four or…