PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Christian Anarchism, Immanence, Midlife Crisis
14 Mar 2014
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Tolstoy: the traveler on the steppe. The fable of the traveler. Motivation to taste the honey: faith beyond reason. Recall the general, troubling argument we"ve called the nihilist"s worry: If there is a meaning of life, then ___________________________________________________ Premise 2 there is no transcendent meaning of life. Premise 3 there is no immanent meaning of life. But that passed, and i continued to live as before. Then those minutes of perplexity were repeated oftener and oftener, and always in one and the same form. There happened what happens with any person who falls ill with a mortal internal disease. There is no meaning of life. there must be either a transcendent meaning of life or an immanent meaning of life. Now, at any moment, the bush will break and tear off, and he will fall into the dragon"s jaws. The infuriated beast represents the obstacles, problems, and sufferings of life.
