Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

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Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
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We don't know what we are or how we should live. Such freedom!

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Unfortunately, we didn't create ourselves, and so we have at best a minimal understanding of what we are, and more likely a wholly distorted understanding. There is no shortage of people telling us how to live, but if we have a minimal or deformed understanding of how we work, how can they possibly know how we should live?

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