What makes us think we can know the truth? What makes us think we need it? Why is it so important that we know the truth? What is the value of this knowledge?
Why do we always think of good and evil impulses as having different origins? Perhaps they don't? How can we ever know anyway? Why do we need to know? Is not knowing satisfactory?
Does knowledge really limit our freedom, or does truth set us free? Are we free when we choose to see what we want to see as opposed to having it dictated to us from without, in short, are we freer being eluded? Or are we free seeing the truth but in our own way?
Are we free when there's absolute right and wrong? Are we free when there isn't? Can freedom genuinely ever be attained? Is freedom really valuable?
What gives anything its value anyway? What makes the beautiful beautiful? Moreover, why is it any better being beautiful? Are there values outside of our valuing or only what we value is valuable? Can we say to someone who values peace and comfort over freedom and beauty that they are wrong? How would we know if we were in any sense "right"?
I don't know if these are important questions, some of them seem to be, but lately I have been falling into nihilistic modes of thinking and these questions are roaring so loudly at the bottom of my soul, I cannot ignore them or solve them. I try not to be prejudiced, I don't want to say that I know the answers to these questions, but i dedicated most of my adult life (which started not so long ago) trying to understand them and appreciate them and - if possible - answer them, but over and over again i fall into nihilism and lose all sense of answers, but with an extra appreciation for the questions.
Why do we always think of good and evil impulses as having different origins? Perhaps they don't? How can we ever know anyway? Why do we need to know? Is not knowing satisfactory?
Does knowledge really limit our freedom, or does truth set us free? Are we free when we choose to see what we want to see as opposed to having it dictated to us from without, in short, are we freer being eluded? Or are we free seeing the truth but in our own way?
Are we free when there's absolute right and wrong? Are we free when there isn't? Can freedom genuinely ever be attained? Is freedom really valuable?
What gives anything its value anyway? What makes the beautiful beautiful? Moreover, why is it any better being beautiful? Are there values outside of our valuing or only what we value is valuable? Can we say to someone who values peace and comfort over freedom and beauty that they are wrong? How would we know if we were in any sense "right"?
I don't know if these are important questions, some of them seem to be, but lately I have been falling into nihilistic modes of thinking and these questions are roaring so loudly at the bottom of my soul, I cannot ignore them or solve them. I try not to be prejudiced, I don't want to say that I know the answers to these questions, but i dedicated most of my adult life (which started not so long ago) trying to understand them and appreciate them and - if possible - answer them, but over and over again i fall into nihilism and lose all sense of answers, but with an extra appreciation for the questions.
