Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

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Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Anti-Reality vs Reality

Anti-Reality vs Reality

Anti-realities are convenient and comforting, but they also come at a price.

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Reality in the raw is mainly unacceptable to most people, with its brutality, deceit, futility, and seeming meaninglessness. As a result, we tend to invent things that might make our lives more palatable, and while these inventions do offer some relief, they also come with problems of their own, as we shall see.

The Anti-realities

  1. Death is the first undes…

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