Friday, August 15, 2014

The problem with the existentialist perspective


“...The characteristic that most unifies existentialists is their belief that human beings must look squarely into the mysterious emptiness that lies at the core of reality. In the face of this overwhelming uncertainty we must not cower or turn our heads toward the past. We must decide what is true and act on it. Truth to an existentialist is something you stand for— a stake that we plant in the face of doubt. The future is not waiting to be discovered; it is what we will build through the stands that we take...”
http://philosophyisnotaluxury.com/2014/08/15/martin-heidegger-and-the-lego-movie-an-existentialist-interpretation/

My comment. The problem with this existentialist perspective: a “mysterious emptiness” does not lie at the core of reality, various levels of evolutionary objects do, with the zenith of these objects defined as Godhood. Life is evolving toward Godhood, activated from within by the Spirit-Will-To-Godhood, and shaped by outside evolution and selection. The “unconcealed” is not “truth,” it is an object which is merely defined as truth.

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