The Buddhist Conspiracy Against the Human Person
By Chaim Wigder
“The pessimist’s credo, or one of them, is that nonexistence never hurt anyone and existence hurts everyone.”— Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
I. The First Turning: A Worthy Question
“I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.” — Roger Zelazny, Frost and Fire
It’s true, Camus probably never actually said “Should I commit suicide or have a cup of coffee?” But you can imagine that he might have, had he thought of it and not Schwartz. According to Camus, in any case, the question of whether one should commit suicide is the only one worthy of philosophy’s attention. The ancient Indians would have, of course, rejected suicide as an option. Not because they thought human life to be particularly worth its existence, but because they had constructed a World in…
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