Happiness and the void…
At the Stand-up Philosophers, we advocate that Nihilists should be happy because many are not. Indeed there’s a long literary tradition of miserable nihilists depressing everyone by telling them that 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
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 Absurd Silence Of The Universe
(Following from the ideas mentioned in the The Absolutism of Nothing) Imagine you first prostrate yourself on the ground and rise with outstretched arms towards the sky crying Continue Reading
What is the meaning of Life?
Philosophers, scientists and thinkers have for thousands of years pondered the big questions of existence, the biggest one of all being ‘what is the point of life?’ More correctly, it’s Continue Reading
Relax we’re all going to die…
The biggest curse to befall mankind is the sure and certain knowledge that one day we will all die. This knowing, this understanding can cast a long shadow over a Continue Reading
Falling in love with the Absurd!
Hot on the heels of my article called ‘Happy Nihilism’ first published in the West Wales Chronicle and now on ‘The Stand-up Philosophers’ site I accidentally found a branch of philosophical thought Continue Reading