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How to face the end of the world – according to Plato and the Stoics
Fearing future catastrophe is nothing new – ancient Greek and Roman philosophers all visualized the apocalypse Do your feelings of existential dread extend beyond your own personal mortality? Do they include fears about the survival of our culture and institutions, our species, nonhuman life and the Earth itself? Do you feel like there’s nothing that can help to wrap your head around the biggest problem we face: the end of the world as we know it? Apocalyptic expectations are on the rise. According to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey , 39% of Americans believe that we are living in the end times. Continue reading...
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Fearing future catastrophe is nothing new – ancient Greek and Roman philosophers all visualized the apocalypse Do your feelings of existential dread extend beyond your own personal mortality? Do they include fears about the survival of our culture and institutions, our species, nonhuman life and the Earth itself? Do you feel like there’s nothing that can help to wrap your head around the biggest problem we face: the end of the world as we know it? Apocalyptic expectations are on the rise. According to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey , 39% of Americans believe that we are living in the end times. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, How to face the end of the world – according to Plato and the Stoics, Fearing future catastrophe is nothing new – ancient Greek and Roman philosophers all visualized the apocalypse Do your feelings of existential dread extend beyond your own personal mortality? Do they include fears about the survival of our culture and institutions, our species, nonhuman life and the Earth itself? Do you feel like there’s nothing that can help to wrap your head around the biggest problem we face: the end of the world as we know it? Apocalyptic expectations are on the rise. According to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey , 39% of Americans believe that we are living in the end times. Continue reading…
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