Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

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Reasons to Be Cheerful

Reasons to Be Cheerful

Be grateful for your complete insignificance.

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Here are several reasons you should be extremely cheerful.

  1. You are not the least bit important. This means that nothing you do is important and that you and the results of your labors will all be washed away in the sands of time. Now that is what I call freedom; completely unencumbered by duty, commitments, obligations, …

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