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Single Idea 21952
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst
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Full Idea
For Heidegger, as a consequence of my anxiety in the face of death, I am set free to live my life as my own rather than doing things merely because others expect me to do them.
Gist of Idea
Anxiety about death frees me to live my own life
Source
report of Martin Heidegger (Being and Time [1927]) by Mark Wrathall - Heidegger: how to read 7
Book Ref
Wrathall,Mark: 'Heidegger: how to read' [Granta 2005], p.70
A Reaction
Contrary to Epicurus, Heidegger thinks anxiety about death is a good thing. The point is, I suppose, that we all die alone, and people who are very socially contrained need to face up to death in order to grasp their autonomy.
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[life permeated by insecurities and meaninglessness]:
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20732
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If man considers himself as lost and imprisoned in the universe, he will be terrified
[Pascal]
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22029
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Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment
[Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]
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22096
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Anxiety is not a passing mood, but a response to human freedom
[Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
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22097
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The ultimate in life is learning to be anxious in the right way
[Kierkegaard]
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21909
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Ultimate knowledge is being anxious in the right way
[Kierkegaard]
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20758
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Anxiety is staring into the yawning abyss of freedom
[Kierkegaard]
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7078
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The freedom of the subject means the collapse of moral certainty
[Nietzsche, by Critchley]
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2876
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The thought of suicide is a great reassurance on bad nights
[Nietzsche]
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21952
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Anxiety about death frees me to live my own life
[Heidegger, by Wrathall]
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22224
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Anxiety is the uncanniness felt when constantly fleeing from asserting one's own freedom
[Heidegger, by Caputo]
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22165
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Anxiety reveals the possibility and individuality of Dasein
[Heidegger]
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20755
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Fear concerns the world, but 'anguish' comes from confronting my self
[Sartre]
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19604
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Unlike other creatures, mankind seems lost in nature
[Cioran]
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19606
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We can only live because our imagination and memory are poor
[Cioran]
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19601
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Life is now more dreaded than death
[Cioran]
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23074
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In anxiety people cling to what reinforces it, because it is a deep need
[Cioran]
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20761
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If existence is absurd it can never have a meaning
[Beauvoir]
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20734
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Anxiety, nausea, guilt and absurdity shake us up, revealing our freedom and limits
[Aho]
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