"This is a little embarrassing to admit, but everything that happens happens for no real reason."
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god, gods, heaven, heavens, angel, angels, admit, admitting, admittance, embarrassing, embarrassed, embarrassment, reason, cause and effect, causality, philosophy, philosopher, philosophers, theism, theist, teists, metaphysics, teleologists, theory of everything, let down, let downs, let-down, let-downs, disappointment, disappointments, disappointing"Are we there yet?"
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journey, journeys, buddhist, buddhism, monk, monks, nirvana, impatient, impatience, zen, stoic, stoicism, road trip, road trips, enlightenment, attaining enlightenment, achieving enlightenment, are we there yet, question, questions, questioning, philosophy, philosopher, philosophers, teacher, teachers, priest, priestsPhilosophers On Strike
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strike, strikes, striker, strikers, striking, protest, protests, protester, protesters, philosopher, on striker, philosophers, meaning of life, existentialism, philosophers, philosophies, demand, demands, picket line, picket lines, intellectual, intellectuals, industrial disputes, industrial actionA man seeking truth encounters a clown.
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truth, wisdom, honest, honesty, sincere, sincerity, guru, gurus, spiritual journey, spiritual journeys, journey, journeys, enlightenment, enlightenment seeker, enlightenment seekers, wise, clown, clowns, truth seeker, truth seekers, pilgrim, pilgrims, spirituality, spiritual, philosophy, philosopher, comedy, comedy value"It was Socrates, wasn't it, who said, 'The unexamined life is not worth living'?"
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socrates, audit, audits, auditing, auditor, auditors, irs, internal revenue service, philosophy, philosopher, philosophers, unexamined life, examined life, unexamined lives, justification, justifications, justify, justifies, justifying, taxes, tax, tax form, tax forms, teacher, teachers, philosophy teacher, philosophy teachers"Does it say I'm a Wittgenstein scholar?"
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wittgenstein, learn, learned, learning, knowledge, knowledgeable, intelligent, intelligence, fashion, fashions, communicate, communication, ludwig, ludwig wittgenstein, vienna circle, philosophy, philosophical, scholar, scholarly, trend, trends, shop, shopping, shops, dressing, dress, consumerism, education, educate, philosopher, analytic, positivism, logic, logics, persona, public image"Religion is the opium of the people, Fred."
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engels, friedrich engels, marx, karl marx, marx and engels, communist manifesto, das kapital, religion, opiate of the masses, opium of the people, just say no, nancy reagan, opium, opiate, opiates, anti-theist, anti-theism, atheist, atheists, communism, communist, communists, marxist, marxists, marxism, philosophy, philosopher, philosophers, economist, economists, economics"You have achieved Nirvana, Mr. Harper, and a bad case of tennis knee."
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nirvana, achieve nirvana, achieving nirvana, buddhist, buddhists, buddhism, diagnose, diagnosing, diagnoses, doctor, doctors, physician, physicians, enlightenment, enlightened, enlightening, religious, philosophy, philosophies, philosopher, philosophers, tennis elbow, tennis injury, tennis injuries, ailment, ailments, minor ailment, minor ailmentsThe Unexamined Life on Demand
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socrates, plato, philosophy, philosopher, philosophers, unexamined life, the unexamined life, reality show, reality shows, reality tv, trash tv, on demand, streaming, television, movie, movies, slacker, slackers, slacking off, couch potato, couch potatoes, thoughtless, philosophy teacher, philosophy teachers"'Cogito, ergo sum' is all very well for you, but what about me?"
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cogito ergo sum, rené descartes, rene descartes, i think therefore i am, philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, discourse on the method, historical figure, historical figures, intellectual, philosophical outlook, philosophical outlooks, husband, husbands, wife, wives, married life, marital problem, marital problems, renatus cartesius, philosophical position, philosophical positions"But if I'm not a senior collateral analyst for a high-volume, global marketing corporation...who am I?"
"But, remember, you're responsible for your own happiness."
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clown, clowns, happy, happiness, psychology, philosophy, philosopher, philosophers, kid, kids, child, children, balloon, balloons, responsible, responsibility, self-reliant, independent, independence, self-esteem, self-confidence, mental health, word play, wordplay, growing up, advice, words of wisdom, wise words"So how does that eightfold path get us back on the Garden State?"
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path to enlightenment, paths to enlightenment, new jersey, jersey, garden state, guru, gurus, wiseman, wise man, wisemen, wise men, wisdom, wisdom seeker, wisdom seekers, direction, directions, path, paths, enlighten, enlightens, enlightenment, hike, hikes, hiking, lost, wrong directions, philosophy, philosopher, philosophers"Another false start for the Western philosophical tradition."
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athens, socrates, plato, solon, epicurus, theophrastus, callicles, philosophical tradition, philosophical traditions, philosophy, philosophies, philosopher, philosophers, false start, false starts, symposium, philosophical school, ancient greece, ancient greek, ancient greeks, ancient athens, ancient athenian, ancient athenians, western philosophy, classics, classicist, classicists"Medicate!"
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medicate, medication, medications, medicating, guru, gurus, spiritual adviser, spiritual advisers, spiritual advisor, spiritual advisors, hermit, hermits, spiritual journey, spiritual journeys, medicine, medicines, meaning of life, happiness, secret to happiness, good advice, philosopher, philosophers, philosophy"If, indeed, there is a reason for all this, than that's so much worse."
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philosophy, philosophical, philosopher, worse, worsen, sad, sadden, meaning, meanings, meaning of life, reason, reasons, discuss, discussing, despair, despairing, nihilist, nihilism, pointless, point, the point, pointlessness, significant, significance, pessimist, pessimistic, pessimism, pessimists, kierkegaard, nietzsche, wittgenstein"'Cogito, ergo sum' is all very well for you, but what about me?"
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history, historical, philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, rene descartes, cogito ergo sum, i think therefore i am, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, dating, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, girlfriends, boyfriend, boyfriends, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts"Maybe it's not a wrong answer - maybe it's just a different answer."
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wrong answer, wrong answers, sum, sums, addition, additions, blackboard, blackboards, math, maths, mathematics, mathematician, mathematicians, teacher, teachers, lesson, lessons, class, classes, classroom, classrooms, answer, answers, philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, debate, debates, smart alec, smart alecs, smart aleck, smart alecks, right answer, right answers, educator, educators, school, schools, schooling"That's an interesting question, Clint. I don't know if my gun rack is an authentic regionalism or just a macho affectation."
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question, questions, questioning, philosophy, philosopher, philosophic, guns, gun, weapon, weapons, gun rack, gun racks, authenticity, authentic, genuine, machismo, masculine, masculinity, toxic masculinity, conversations between men, affect, affectation, affectations, poser, posing, imposter, imposters, custom, customs, cultural norm, cultural norms, stereotype, stereotypes, maleness, manhood, region, regions, regional custom, regional customs, conform, conformity"I think, therefore I am...hungry?"
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hunger, hungers, hungry, descartes, rene descartes, aware, self-aware, self-awareness, ai, a.i., artificial intelligence, artificially intelligent, singularity, think, thinks, thinking, thought, thoughts, thoughtful, philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, hungry, hunger, hungers, supercomputer, supercomputers, computer, computing, computing power"Walden Pond is fine as long as Thoreau isn't there."
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