Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

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January 2026

Butchers
Our butchering habits will continue as long as we are unable to face the reality of what we are: a truly nasty species.
 • Martin Butler
The Perfect Setup
As Goethe put it, maybe life is just “diseased matter.”
 • Martin Butler
A Strange Love
The void is a force of destruction pulling everything back into non-existence.
 • Martin Butler
The Nobility of Negation
Existence as we know it consists of decaying things.
 • Martin Butler
Self-flagellating Again
We are no longer subordinate to God; we are now inferior to the animals.
 • Martin Butler
The Mickey Mouse Consciousness
You don’t need to know anything deeper than which foods are nourishing and how to tie your shoelaces.
 • Martin Butler
Our Reflexive Mind
Most people do not have an overseeing control component in their thinking, and left to its own devices, a mind can sink into delirium.
 • Martin Butler
Searching for Useless
Excerpt from Patreon video.
 • Martin Butler
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Spinozian Psychology
As far as Spinoza is concerned, our inner world is determined in exactly the same way as the outer world, namely through cause and effect.
 • Martin Butler
The Negativity Police
At the head of the negativity police might be spiritual leaders, psychologists, self-help gurus, marketing executives, and salespeople.
 • Martin Butler
The Monster in Your Head
The monster can be tamed.
 • Martin Butler
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