In spite of the fact that I did a whole essay on Sartre's views on Freedom for my A-level Philosophy (and when I say essay, the bastard was 10,000 words long when I finished it and even that was 'a bit short') I do still very much agree with a lot of what Sartre said. It just took me a while to realise becuase working that hard on nothing but Sartre for that long (and you have to admit the man's a bitch to study) I did end up hating him for quite a while! There is no point in life, I guess, and the nearest we'll ever get to having a point is probably just to make the best of it and enjoy it and that's that. And to enjoy it we need to be aiming for things a lot of the time - degrees, promotion, married-with-children, whatever those goals may be. Drifting isn't as fun as it sounds.
Jenny
· 6 months ago
Oh, yes, and I couldn't seem to comment on your 'Me' section, so yes, I'm a Browncoat too and proud. And I am very glad I've discovered your blog. I like it muchly.
aiusepsi
· 5 months ago
Thanks very much!
I've never actually studied Sartre, I actually only read Nausea because Joss Whedon recommended it on the commentary track to the Firefly episode "Objects in Space" so I'm rather glad my uneducated thoughts about the guy aren't bullshit :)
The very best things in life are those you can still stand even after you've been forced to learn about them, I think. Especially those things that you can learn to appreciate even more when you know more about them.
Jenny
· 5 months ago
Definitely - the same goes for music - if I can still stand it after I've spent a week solid rehearsing it, it's a keeper, and probably actually in that week of intensive rehearsal will have grown on me. Some things go the otehr way - start off seeming lovely, and after a while they seem stale and unoriginal until I can hardly stand them. Or like revision. Currently I'm loving it because the more I study neuro or phys or whatever, the more there seems to be that I want to read. So, back to it, now...
Lucy
· 6 months ago
OK, another comment on your Twitter stream (no, I don't want Twitter, I don't want it!!): posters? This is surely the way to go...
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I've never actually studied Sartre, I actually only read Nausea because Joss Whedon recommended it on the commentary track to the Firefly episode "Objects in Space" so I'm rather glad my uneducated thoughts about the guy aren't bullshit :)
The very best things in life are those you can still stand even after you've been forced to learn about them, I think. Especially those things that you can learn to appreciate even more when you know more about them.