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Some books I read in 2021

Another year of the pandemic. I thought I’d wrap up by briefly reviewing some books I’ve read during the year. Friedrich Nietzsche – The Birth of Tragedy. Despite this being probably Nietzsche’s earliest famous book, I somehow never managed to get a foothold in it previously. Here he formulates his early philosophy in terms of […]

Posted 04 January 2022 † Johan § Life § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Enlightenment and the search for meaning

The premise of the enlightenment would be that we have finally discovered how to live rationally. Authority is located in natural science, free enterprise and free markets, and empirical knowledge. Thus we can cast aside all the superstitions of the past and finally become what we were meant to be. Can we? Not everyone agrees. Marx, Freud […]

Posted 26 December 2018 † Johan § Philosophy § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,