Over the last months I have been reading articles and books on the subject of philosophy. I've come to the conclusion that humankind's love of negativity extends to our ideas and theories on the subject of life itself and how one should find their way through it. Just as our media thrives on wars, disease, crime, bankruptcy, accidents it turns out that modern day philosophers tend to write their theories in the context of what misfortune humans are involved in - harassment, family disputes, divorce, depression, various types of losses. It seems easier to draw a theory to its conclusion using a desperate situation rather than abstracting the actual situation, or, even better, taking a positive action to arrive to the theoretical conclusion. The best example that springs to mind is that the ego is considered negative even when its actions are positive. Philosophers will state that the ego is in control of your self and that your true self cannot thrive so long as the ego is ...
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