Saturday, December 17, 2005

Nausea

Man, beginning in his loathsome emptiness of his existence creates his essence - his self, his being through the choices that he freely makes.
- Hayden Carruth on Sartre's work.


I agree to it, except for the loathsome emptiness part. Is that really significant to make a free choice?

posted by Phoenix @ 9:09 PM   7 comments

7 Comments:

At 8:57 AM, Blogger Phoenix said...

:) Kovai, awesome memory..

Existentialism : Casu Marzu -> Yes....

Nausea: Casu Marzu -> undecided...just started the book....

 
At 11:05 AM, Blogger inlivenout said...

Phoenix,I guess thats not what Hayden Carruth implied.Before making a free choice of his living,there is no self or being in man;that condition was referred to as "loathsome emptiness".

 
At 1:58 PM, Blogger Phoenix said...

hey
thanks for the explanation...makes sense now....

 
At 11:14 PM, Blogger Pal said...

hmmm it gets me thinking whether at this poing of time everyone of us are making the choices as the quote says. 'cause most parts of the world are always in the RAT Race.

 
At 11:59 AM, Blogger inlivenout said...

Pal,you said it yourself.The individual has the right to make a free choice of being a part of the rat race or otherwise.Just a matter of individual perception.

 
At 3:45 AM, Blogger Rainbow said...

Wogay,
I do not understand anything anyone has posted here. Who is Satre?
and the only Hayden I know is the cutie who played Anakin in Starwars......

Just thought such a clique of intellectuals needed a resident ignoramus and am here to fit the bill :)

BTW Phoenix- HAPPY NEW YEAR and Wassup.

 
At 7:55 AM, Blogger Monicaatje said...

Either this is very high level english, or high level philophy or smth, but most certainly i'm not at that level atm...

 

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