[b]Existential Comics
What is the meaning of life?
Sartre: to be free.
Camus: to rebel.
Kierkegaard: to have faith.
Nietzsche: to become yourself.
Beckett: I can’t remember, but it was something good.[/b]
Next up: What is the meaning of death?
People: “tell us, wise philosopher, what is the best government?”
Plato: “a monarchy.”
People: “really? who would be king?”
Plato: “ok, hear me out on this one…”
Probably not a true story.
[b]How to be an existentialist:
- Drink way too much.
- Smoke constantly.
- Don’t get enough sleep for ten years straight.
- Think the reason you feel shitty all the time is because you are, like, a really deep person.[/b]
Anyone here qualify?
Why study philosophy?
Greece: to live the good life.
England: to understand the world.
Germany: to change the world.
America: did u know philosophy grads have the highest average salaries of the humanities?
Spot the outlier?
Idealism: only my mind exists.
Materialism: only matter exists.
Dualism: both mind and matter exist.
Existentialism: god damnit, who cares? Can’t you see that we are going to die any second now?!
Well, that’s true, right?
An existentialist is someone who is in despair despite the fact that they are good looking.
Or maybe even rich.