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Deconstruction (and the postmodernism which spawned it) ultimately leads to 2 existentially unliveable consequences:
1. The death of the logos (rational principle that gives order and meaning to reality)
And consequently
2. The erasure of the Summum Bonum (highest good)
Deconstruction (and the postmodernism which spawned it) ultimately leads to 2 existentially unliveable consequences:
1. The death of the logos (rational principle that gives order and meaning to reality)
And consequently
2. The erasure of the Summum Bonum (highest good)
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Because postmodernism says all conceptions of rationality, reason, and truth are constructed by people who were biased and self-interested, it denies there actually is any such thing as a logos.
Thus, there is no trascendant principle that gives order and meaning to reality.
Because postmodernism says all conceptions of rationality, reason, and truth are constructed by people who were biased and self-interested, it denies there actually is any such thing as a logos.
Thus, there is no trascendant principle that gives order and meaning to reality.
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Because there is no logos, no transcendant principle that orders reality and provides it's meaning, there is no logos, not transcendant principle we can use to order our lives and society, and there is nothing which provides our lives and our society with objective meaning.
Because there is no logos, no transcendant principle that orders reality and provides it's meaning, there is no logos, not transcendant principle we can use to order our lives and society, and there is nothing which provides our lives and our society with objective meaning.
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In a world where there is no transcendant principle to order reality or provide meaning, then there is no way to decide which things are objectively *GOOD.* That is, there is no way to decide which "goods" have primacy and are most valuable, excellent, worthwhile, and so on.
In a world where there is no transcendant principle to order reality or provide meaning, then there is no way to decide which things are objectively *GOOD.* That is, there is no way to decide which "goods" have primacy and are most valuable, excellent, worthwhile, and so on.
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This means there is no *higest good* (Sumum Bonum is Latin for "highest good) to go at the top of our hierarchy of value for us to aim at.
According to postmodernism, there is only competing ideas of what is good, and none have any claim to being the absolute highest good.
This means there is no *higest good* (Sumum Bonum is Latin for "highest good) to go at the top of our hierarchy of value for us to aim at.
According to postmodernism, there is only competing ideas of what is good, and none have any claim to being the absolute highest good.
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Once you accept the deconstructive philosophy of postmodernism you are left with no trascendant lrincies by which reality isnordered, and thus no highest good that you can establish for your society to aim at.
All you have is competing visions and none get to have primacy.
Once you accept the deconstructive philosophy of postmodernism you are left with no trascendant lrincies by which reality isnordered, and thus no highest good that you can establish for your society to aim at.
All you have is competing visions and none get to have primacy.
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With nothing to order reality, and nothing objective to aim at, the result is a complete loss of objective meaning and a society of absurd nihilism.
In other words...you end up with clown world.π€‘π
With nothing to order reality, and nothing objective to aim at, the result is a complete loss of objective meaning and a society of absurd nihilism.
In other words...you end up with clown world.π€‘π
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Clown world π€‘π is a meme level description of the absurdist nihilism, the nonsense and meaninglessness at the heart of the postmodern world.
And the only thing strong enough to pull the sword of objective meaning from the stone of a nihilistic postmodern world is the LOGOS.
Clown world π€‘π is a meme level description of the absurdist nihilism, the nonsense and meaninglessness at the heart of the postmodern world.
And the only thing strong enough to pull the sword of objective meaning from the stone of a nihilistic postmodern world is the LOGOS.
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Without a transcendant principle (Logos) to point our way to the Highest Good (Summum Bonum) we will lose ourselves in the absurd nihilistic world we have created.
And the result will be a combination of despair, aimlessness depression, selfishness, and self-absorbtion as...
Without a transcendant principle (Logos) to point our way to the Highest Good (Summum Bonum) we will lose ourselves in the absurd nihilistic world we have created.
And the result will be a combination of despair, aimlessness depression, selfishness, and self-absorbtion as...
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People swing back and fourth between despair (because nothing really matters) and selfishness (as they try to creat their own meaning for themselves by fulfilling whatever desire they happen to have at whatever cost they can pay)
So, when you look out and see...
People swing back and fourth between despair (because nothing really matters) and selfishness (as they try to creat their own meaning for themselves by fulfilling whatever desire they happen to have at whatever cost they can pay)
So, when you look out and see...
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As people use their "freedom" to chase the fulfillment of selfish desires....
The cries of despair, tears of desperation, whimpers of lostness, and sobs of depression are nothing but the sound of man worshipping the one who created the postmodern world he inhabits: himself.
As people use their "freedom" to chase the fulfillment of selfish desires....
The cries of despair, tears of desperation, whimpers of lostness, and sobs of depression are nothing but the sound of man worshipping the one who created the postmodern world he inhabits: himself.
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