/lit/ - Literature

>>16026993
But cooming is a cope too.
And it doesn't help that you're reminded how much better it could be if only you were more powerful and wilful.

>>16027000
Nice trips. Pls elaborate

>>16027001
>Civilization is the negation of Being.
This, too, is just a cope. You just suck at manipulating civilization towards your own ends - doesn't mean it's the negation of """Being""" or whatever the fuck you're trying to say. Even in civilization, you "are". God I hate phenomenologists.

>>16027051
>I've seen it as mental gymnastics to inspire us to another approach or perspective, plus a logical framework for our value systems and the likes.
Yeah, but all that shit is either supposed to make you change your opinion on stuff ("gee I'm not doing what I want BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE YADA YADA") or just serve as a mental masturbatory ritual that makes you feel as if you're "enlightened", and gives you a temporary feeling of superiority over others.

>>16027067
>Is mathematics just a big cope? Is learning arithmetics or geometry only useful to feel better?
No, but arithmetics and geometry can be used to make shit in the real world happen. It makes us more powerful by giving us better tools for manipulating reality.

Are you saying that's the point of philosophy as well? Well, what kind of "tools" does philosophy give us to cope with life?
All that rational mumbo-jumbo literally doesn't change anything in your life. Or does it?
Why didn't it change anything in my life?