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A friend of mine once asked me what I thought the philosophy of existentialism was. I answered with a personal experience, “When I was a kid I thought that there were things in our universe that transcended existence. I believed that it was our relation to these unknowns that defined us as human beings. I was in particular fascinated by the heavens. So one day I looked up at the sun and I stared and stared longingly…”. At this point I paused, and waited. A few seconds passed and my friend shifted in his chair, and still I remained silent. Finally, seeing that I wasn’t about to continue he asked, “ So, what happened?”. I responded, “I couldn’t see anything”.
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