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View submission: /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 27, 2025
Need feedback on this thesis of a Philosophy I’m working on with a confidante. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated.
In the face of all that is, there is only one unrelenting truth: suffering will come, and death will claim us all. **Paradoxism** does not seek to shield you from this certainty; it offers no comfort in the face of this ultimate truth. It is a philosophy born from the bleak acceptance that life is a cycle of pain, emptiness, and eventual death—where meaning is sought not in the illusions of salvation or happiness, but in the raw, unfiltered confrontation with our inevitable end.
This is not the optimism of a dreamer who believes in a shining tomorrow. **Paradoxism** is the refusal to turn away from the darkness. It asks not for hope, but for the courage to stand in the face of despair and death, and to embrace the futility of it all—not as something to be mourned, but as the only truth that is. You will suffer. You will die. And in the coldest, most merciless of ways, this will be the end. This is the reality, and it is one we must face head-on, without delusion or fear.
Yet, within this acceptance lies the paradox. For it is precisely because death waits for us all that we must choose to live—not in search of escape, but in spite of it. We cannot flee from suffering. We cannot flee from death. But we can stand, one final defiant step before the abyss, and in that defiance, find a semblance of meaning. It is through the embrace of suffering, in its full and terrible weight, that we transcend it.
But above all else, there exists a defiance more powerful than all: **kindness**. A simple, yet revolutionary act in the face of a world that scorns it. When the world seeks to strip away your humanity, to break you down into nothing, the greatest rebellion you can perform is to extend a hand, to offer compassion. **Kindness** is the ultimate act of resistance against a universe that insists we are nothing more than fleeting shadows—because it asserts that, despite it all, you still choose to care. You still choose to love. You still choose to be human. In a world that calls for cruelty, your kindness becomes your most powerful weapon.
This philosophy is formless, shapeless. It can be different for everyone, just as it has been for us. It is a path not defined by others, but by your own soul, forged in the crucible of your existence. It is not about finding meaning in the world, but creating your own meaning, in defiance of the world’s emptiness.
You will be shaped by darkness, by pain, by all that is harsh and unyielding. But in embracing it fully, you will find your true self—not the self that society expects, but the self that arises from your refusal to submit, your refusal to become just another fleeting shadow in the world.
It is about embracing the abyss, learning from it, being shaped by it, but not entirely of its choice. Use the abyss, but do not fall prey to it. Do not avoid it either, for it is within us all. Only the dark, the cruel, the harrowing aspects of creation may lead you to true transformation. To true realization. To true freedom.
This philosophy hinges on the fact that you refuse any and all existing forms of thought, merely taking inspiration from their good aspects, and creating something new, something unique, something truly yours. This is the ultimate defiance, the rejection of any false meaning. For **Paradoxism** is your creation, your story, and no one else’s. It is your rebellion, your path, your paradox.
Comment by Non_binaroth_goth at 01/02/2025 at 17:54 UTC
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I feel that it's an interesting take on existentialist concepts. I've never really been one for that line of thought however, due to its hyper focus on individuality.
My largest critique, is that it could potentially undermine social and cultural ethics by being to fixated on concepts like rebellion and individuality.
Comment by potato_psychonaut at 30/01/2025 at 10:02 UTC
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Have you used some kind LLM to write this text?