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228 | Skye Cleary on Existentialism and Authenticity

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Are We Being for Others?

One of the things about existential philosophy is it's often talked about. And what we've been talking about is it can seem to focus on ourselves individualistically a little bit. Not so much on other people, but I do think that one of Bivoir's points is the other with the capital O. We need to find a more harmonious kind of being with others where we try and balance being for ourselves, balance with being for other people. There's no specific formula for getting to that balance because it's going to be different depending on the situation.

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