I feel quite strongly that life has no meaning of it's own, other than that which we give it.
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:45 pm
Existentialism, nihilism, absurdism, fatalism, and romanticism are all topics which goths tend to be interested in, thought, I wouldn't say that interest in one of those topics is criteria or characteristic of goths.
I think that a lot of people who are goth generally tend to question the world about them. To believe that the world around us really exists and isn't just a figment of some dream is what most people see, but to question which is the waking world and which is the dream is more likely to be a question that a philosopher may attempt to tackle. There are always more than one way to approach any subject including the existance (or lack of) god and a myriad of other questions that few people take the time to ponder. One of the more basic philisophical questions that most people have heard is the old "if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it fall, does it still make a sound?" Granted, most people would instantly say that yes indeed it does make a sound, but what if that tree never existed to begin with since there was no one around to validate it's existance? I'm starting to get on a tangent though. ^^*
(Wow this topic is harder to write on that I originally thought it would be.)
Philosophy in general is something that I think more people should be exposed to. It's good to broaden people's minds and keep their experiences and perspectives from being limited to just one view point.
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