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Ep. 16 – A Coincidence of Opposites

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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Is Existence Severe?

i think there are really four questions that all philosophers have discussed from the beginning of recorded time. The question is ought i to continue to survive? If life is serious, then of course i must survive. If it is not serious, it really doesn't matter whether i do or i don't. In western culture, it is practically a basic assumption that existence is serious. When they talk about a person who exists authentically, they mean that he takes his life seriously and other people's lifes s.

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