The Pernicious Rise of Anti Natalist Philosophy
Have you ever thought that the planet might be better off without humanity? If so then you’ve been anti-natalist which is a philosophical position that assigns a negative value to Continue Reading
Thoughts on Virtue, Part 1 – Sacred Life
If whilst walking in the countryside you encounter a spider’s web that blocks your path, do you go around or do you break it? Does it matter if the spider Continue Reading
The Absurdism of Joker
SPOILER WARNING MOST OF THE MAIN PLOTS ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS ARTICLE Back in October of this year, the UK cinemas were graced by the showing of Joker Continue Reading
Mystic Nihilism, Reincarnation in Materialist Form – Part 2
Infinity and nothing are very closely linked. There’s something very strange about ‘nothing,’ because we can conceptualise it and not experience it. It’s impossible to have an experience of ‘nothing’ Continue Reading
The Immanent Lie
Another short essay by Transylvania’s very own Emil Cioran. Since the last essay I reviewed, I have read many others thereafter. Most, I feel, are so abstracted that you Continue Reading
Where is the meaning of life? Part 2
Building up from part 1, this article answers ‘where is the meaning of life’ question. If this meaning of life still cannot be found out there in the Continue Reading
Where is the meaning of life? Part 1
Introduction Anyone who has taken the time to think beyond the bubble of their daily lives and entertained the notion of the meaning of life, has, to their Continue Reading
The Reactionary Angels
The reactionary angels is a short essay by Emil Cioran. It is one of the many essays that make up ‘A Short History of Decay’. If you read Cioran’s work Continue Reading
A Pattern in the Cosmos.
I often like to look at the night sky, to see the heavens ablaze with the light of distant suns. It provokes a feeling of awe and makes me think Continue Reading
Carbon Copies, Reincarnation in Materialist Form – Part 1
Did you know that due to the nature of matter that given enough time, material and space there will at some or other have to be an identical copy of Continue Reading