The legitimacy and rationality of this assumption are not the key, but what matters is the way such assumptions are made and the questions raised by it. The lethality of the problem stems from what philosophers say "the key lies in the meaninglessness of life itself" (the foundation of meaninglessness is the nihilism of human mortality and eternity, and the deeper foundation is the emptiness and infinity of the universe. It can explain why God and dreams are needed), and it also stems from Gadamer’s finiteness of human beings (this finiteness is rooted in the physical existence of humans and the uncertainty and ambiguity of the spirit. The essence is transcendent, not the perfection of science and technology, the development of culture and the nobility of virtue, and the evolution of wisdom can be surpassed: it is a basis for transcendence, providing the hope of transcendence on the soul of the root. The rationality of dreams and the basis of human nature cannot and need not be surpassed by themselves). For this reason, Harvard scholars could not refute John’s statement, and John could not verify the authenticity and validity of his own statement. Immortal and independent). On this basis, we can't even overthrow the film's hypothesis that our non-reflective common sense seems to be slippery in the world. Western philosophers have been troubled by the certainty of knowledge since the Greek era, but so far, no one and no doctrine can provide people with such certainty and meaning. It seems that our meaningless wandering state is transcendental and fatalistic, and Heidegger and Osho are powerless in their inquiry. But we are still obsessed with meaning, dreams, and immortality. We just want to comfort the lonely and helpless soul of our being. Our real existence is not even "on the road", because we have no way to go, we can choose. Sartre’s free choice has a prerequisite. Human effort and construction cannot leave this prerequisite that we may not want at all: it is the basis of all order and chaos, but it is also the basis of our emptiness. When people exist, they cannot choose not to exist. The insurmountable paradox indicates the finiteness, fragility and subordination of human freedom. Therefore, the rationality and meaning of freedom need to be suspended. Some people say, remember: you are always going to die; others say, remember, you must live well. This should be enough. It is necessary to set a limit on the basis of self-existence for the meaning and question of inquiry, otherwise, Hamlet-style depression will be inevitable. Beauvoir assumes that the difficulties and distresses faced by an immortal person are the source of inspiration for this film. Her way of solving problems is completely self-determined: the price of people Value and meaning are precisely dispelled by eternity, rather than being guaranteed and protected by their prayers. In her opinion, the temporal existence of mortal is inherently the source of meaning, and immortality means nothingness.
This kind of optimism is still difficult for me to accept. Since self-consciousness began to sprout, the fear and yearning for death has been entwining my weak and rootless existence, becoming my nightmare. And now, I have to realize sadly that I cannot be detached or liberated after all. Because it is life, existence, and death. Perhaps only with these consciousnesses can I know: At this moment, I am still alive, still alive, preparing for my own growth and final judgment. However, I am not too sure about these comforting certainty of similar drugs. I always doubt whether I really existed even for a moment, instead of being manipulated, disciplined, and consumed by some existence or non-existence outside of me. For the detachment of Krishnamurti and the Buddha, and the enlightenment of Zhuangzi's butterfly dream (isn't our life not such a beautiful and lacking reality dream), I really cannot penetrate rationally. In these myths, too many doubts are ignored as self-evident transcendental conditions as if "people are born equal and free". Nothing is self-evident, everything needs proof, reflection and criticism, but people cannot find a practical basis for criticism. The so-called floating life, the so-called feeling of life as a dream, are not born out of nothing. The sadness, loss and despair contained in it are not difficult to understand. If there is such a thing as happiness in this world, then this kind of happiness is not pure, total and transcendent, but can only be associated with it, and it complements its opposite, inspiring each other and trying to confirm it. The optimistic hypothesis of nihilism is just the negative confirmation of meaning, which is the premise and basis for each other, which seems to be able to avoid the problem. It is like believing that there is no evil, and that good is useless and redundant.
But, can the problem really be solved in such a convenient way? According to this simple understanding of good and evil, it seems that Marxism, Datong society, and even heaven are redundant and deceitful. In order to comfort my lonely soul, in order for the lone hunter of my soul to catch something, and not to run suddenly, just like Sisyphus pushing the stone up the mountain in vain, I should assume and establish a meaning. This kind of meaning also needs to be completed by everyone through the questioning and ultimate appeal of the present world, through the experience and reflection of the current destiny, and through the design and fiction of the future of the self. The so-called human studies of the self should be based on this. What needs to be explained is that self-happiness is never within the scope of the individual, and cannot be accomplished behind closed doors. It is closely related to tradition, belief, power, responsibility, desire, and one's own destiny, and mutually confirms and promotes birth. There is a basic premise that this kind of happiness is not based on the transcendence of infinity and eternity, but on death and finitude, and nihility and one-off as its deep source. All doubts and questions, the possibility of happiness, and the authenticity of meaning, must be sought here. But whether it can be found depends on the good fortune of the person. Bloom said that the meaning of all classic texts is just to help people make good use of their loneliness. I like this statement. People are lonely. Even if you bury your head deeply in the arms of your lover, throw yourself into the cheongsam of God, and indulge yourself in your own abyss, you can’t be separated from loneliness. It is the only, real, meaning problem that people need to spend a lifetime to solve and deal with.
Coming from homelessness, returning homelessness, worldly obsessions, no outside obsessions to various homes: power, money, fame and wealth, status and beauty, fun, idealism, immortality and eternity. Even the fascination with meaning and value, and the self, to the extreme, is an unnecessary obsession. The internal revolution is absolutely necessary for the future of the self. It is the only way to self-liberation and freedom of possibility. Awareness of time, awareness of nothingness, and care of death are indispensable steps. Wittgenstein said that true happiness is not the satisfaction of desires, but the solution of life problems. This can be said to be the only reason for the existence of philosophy. People in the world use the satisfaction of desire to call happiness, evaluate happiness, and divide the hierarchy of happiness. From this, the whole set of cultural order, punishment system, and all kinds of injustice and injustice are deduced and confirmed. The reversal of religion and art often falls into the darkness of either narcissism or obsession. Some facts are used to replace meanings, and ready-made ones are used to replace those that require criticism. The whole meaning of Liu Xiaofeng's "Salvation and Freedom" proposition is based on abandoning the facts and asking the meaning first under the understanding. It's just that salvation depends on the growth of self-consciousness, and Xiaoyao is achieved by ultimate transcendence. This proposition is beautiful and sad, but in my opinion, there is no future. Pessimism is always deeper and tragic than optimism. The significance and real revelation of the film lies in the fact that facts are not important, and the question of meaning is what really needs to be paid attention to. If I didn't understand this, I didn't understand this movie. It is precisely because of this misunderstanding that John and his friends have so many disputes, entangled in the irrelevant details of whether John is a real caveman, and can't tell themselves. Whether John is a real caveman is just a way of asking questions, not a way to solve problems. Its importance is at best the background music. His friends are so obsessed with John's identity because their existence in life is not based on the meaning of self, but on the basis of statistics and deterministic facts, which is the foundation of their lives. A true self, an inner person, will not shake his beliefs because of whether John is a real caveman, whether he has lived 15,000 years, or whether he is talking about facts. On top of the existence of knowledge concepts, disciplines, history, evolutionary common sense, and culture of the various professors who have been shaken, what is really shaken is the confirmation of human self-existence and meaning. Every individual bearer and being will face and solve these problems sooner or later on the road to self-awakening. The attitude towards them, the degree of understanding, and the way of solving them determine the individual's current achievements and future direction.
In the final analysis, we must realize that the so-called achievement is not external, nor is it obtained externally. It can be measured by statistical figures and human praise, but occurs in the internal process of self-awareness and spirituality. , Is the continuous development, improvement and improvement of an aesthetic, rooted in self-existence and destiny. Documents, books, and all historical relics are of no value in fact, certainty, and clarity. They are nothing but resources for us to make good use of our self-loneliness through dialogue and find "my human studies". Even if the entire human history is fictitious, uncertain and fabricated by some existential ulterior motives, the meaning and root of human existence will not, and cannot be lost because of it. Man finds and establishes his identity and homeland, as well as his future destiny, in this world. The value of history, but so. People seek happiness in this world, seek meaning, and create their own history and romance.
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