is it dark philosophy?

Question

I couldn't manage to make myself nasty or for that matter, friendly, crooked or honest, a hero or an insect. Now I'm living out my life in a corner, trying to console myself with the stupid, useless excuse that an intelligent man cannot turn himself into anything, that only a fool can make anything he wants out of himself.


On second thought though, I'd say that everyone... pride[s] themselves on their infirmities.

I, for instance, am horribly sensitive. I'm horribly suspicious and easily offended, like a dwarf or a hunchback. But I believe there have been moments when I'd like to have my face slapped. I say that in all seriousness- I'd have derived pleasure from this too. Naturaly it would be the pleasure of despair. But then, it is in despair that we find the most acute pleasure, especially whaen we are aware of the hopelessness of the situation.

Answer 1

And so the fair Ophelia floats away, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
Yes, I agree, it is a stupid and useless excuse. Like an actor with just one schtick. Intelligence does not cage, it frees. Perhaps it is simply not being used to its best advantage.

Answer 2

The eyes see
Your body runs behind
But there is an inner person whom you did not care yet well.
Running to quench your lust - you fulfilled the desires of your carnal power.
But your inner person is still alive and powerful.
So he beckons you from the life of vanity.
Life in a corner is good enough to realise the foolishness and that is the beginning of wisdom.
There is a world wider than the universe within -
Let your inner eyes see
Purify that world for there is light after the darkness.

Answer 3

Actually I think it is quite normal,just a kind of less obvious "condition of the mankind" if you will,actually I wrote quite a number of poems out of it and got A+.
But that's when I got this slight depression going on in me,so for a happier life (You've got to interact with people anyway),better keep it mostly at night or to yourself.You can also create something out of it,just thinking about is no good.

Answer 4

Philosophy without expression will hinder perception, for perception is the key to unlocking universal truths. Before we can philosophize, we must be able to express ourselves through some type of artistic medium, for that is the true nature of human beings, whether it be through painting, music, poetry, composing, writing, sculpture, dance, etc. Once you can express yourself through some mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual means, philosophical aspects become more apparent.

Answer 5

You sound bummed out. For that I am sorry. Yes it is a bit dark, but if you are just writing to express yourself it is interesting. If you truly feel this way I hope you feel better soon. You are either very artistic or in need of a friend. Peace.

Answer 6

Ummmh ... It's not a philosophy ... it's a point of your curent state
( or someones state )

MM... It's for me also hard to make myself nasty sometime.
Do not know in your curents state ... maybe something is missing to Fire you up ...
Well - maybe if it's explainde in not so ... philosophian statement - i can give some more clear opinion :L

Answer 7

I wouldn't say it is 'dark,' but very self-conscious and existentialistic. I'd say that it is the most intelligent man who has the hardest time turning himself into anything: men who are duller, or who think much less, are able to drown themselves in their own romantic delusions of grandeur and are able to act to that extent and make themselves into general abstractions based upon their actions, precisely because they aren't tortured by an active and critical consciousness that leaves no room for self-delusion; equally, a man who has given up to despair and thinks little is more prone to act in a way that would further the abstraction he is to embody, the insect, the lowlife, the miserable one. The man of an active and critical consciousness, however, is martyred to the doubts and ruthless judgements of his own mind, never being able to become a hero for knowing himself a fraud and never being able to become an insect for knowing himself unable to descend to such pure depth of debauchery.

To quote the underground man (from a great work entitled: "The Notes From Underground"): "I'll tell you solemnly that I wished to become an insect many times. But not even that wish was granted."
The pleasure in despair exists because we take sanctuary from the rational to the world of the irrational which, inevitably, leads to despair. In despair we attempt to try and find existential stability. But allow me to elaborate on this.
It is because we have a desire to become some consistent, unchanging entity with a solid essence that never fluctuates and are able to affirm our own being, as thus. However, humans change and fluctuate until death, like a river that forever flows on.

When one emphasizes this wish for existential stability, one in turn begins to lose the reality of one's being, much in the same way that a child desperately attempting to escape from its parent's shadow will end up melding with and becoming inseperable from that shadow. The more frantically we yearn for stability and flee from nonbeing, the closer and closer we come to a state of nonbeing. Our true being comes, not from some consistent action aimed at affirming our selves, but from living authentially; this sounds vague, but this means experiencing life in the way one truly desires to experience it. We have morality to guide us, but in the end, the justification of a human life comes in living it authentically, and thereby being able to affirm our being, our lives, and our fundamental existence.
In the age of the death of God, this is the despair mankind must face.

Take from my words what makes sense, and discard the rest. Never accept another's words as granted, and rely, no matter how flawed it may be, on the integrity of your own judgment.

Answer 8

i imagine it applies yet i'm no longer the decide of the price of your source. in case you make certain to pass with darkish Knight, make certain there's a definitive factor to the action picture. if so, state its factor.

Answer 9

I'll slap you if that is what you are looking for, but i don't get why this is "dark" philosophy. What is dark philosophy for that matter?

Answer 10

Not Dark Philosophy...I think it is true philosophy. "Reach into your mind...into theinner depths of your soul...what you retrieve during your journey...shall be the true philosopher's tale"

~@shley