
Episode 4: Camus and the Absurd
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Neonichin Solution to Nihilism
Neonichin is an elaboration on the niches solution to nihilism, which is the sort of philosopher artist and the gay science. The two poles there are gay in science, or the onysian and the abylonand joyful and wisdom. So if we just say, screw all that, you know, and go with nihilism, then we're denying one half of the absurd equation. And like, like seth was saying, the absurd becomes a substitute for god, or something like that. There's an anxiety produced by our deepest desires, which we can escape by just sort of collapsing that desire and doing things which are less important to us, but still pleasurable
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