Tag: philosophy

Haiku: Arch

Arches to nowhere
Numerous portals unseen
Oblivion’s door

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Why I stopped eating animals and embraced more kindness — THE SOMETHING GUY (Reblog)

I have been meat-free for seven years, since the end of December 2013. The journey has been a ridiculously amazing one filled with lots of eye-opening moments, and some that were not the easiest to get through. Giving up consuming the flesh of animals was something that I never thought I would have done, yet […]

Why I stopped eating animals and embraced more kindness — THE SOMETHING GUY

Thought for the Day – 5 January – The Shortness of Time — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Thought for the Day – 5 January – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Shortness of Time “We often complain about the swift passage of time.Hours, days and years pass by, never to return.When we think about the past, do we feel consoled or depressed?How many hours have we spent on useless pursuits such […]

Thought for the Day – 5 January – The Shortness of Time — AnaStpaul

Lovecraftian Cosmicism – Existentialism, Absurdism and Nihilism — Eternalised – Philosophy (Reblog)

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos and the creator of the literary philosophy known as Cosmicism, emphasising the cosmic horror of the unknown. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest […]

Lovecraftian Cosmicism – Existentialism, Absurdism and Nihilism — Eternalised – Philosophy

Nexus

Walking by the river, a sheen
reflecting limpid blue of the sky;

a thought fell into the water,
rippling as far as I could see.

The fact that I was present,
born for some reason,

came down to this juncture —
a nexus in time.

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