Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

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Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
You Will Always be Dissatisfied

You Will Always be Dissatisfied

You will always be dissatisfied until you fully accept that you will always be dissatisfied.

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Martin Butler
Mar 20, 2022
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What is dissatisfaction? It is the negative gap between how we think life should be and how it actually is. Our notions of how life should be are set by our expectations. Unfortunately there are many influencers who would wish to set our expectations, and not least our parents, teachers, peers, and even society in general. As if this expectation setting…

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