Benjamin Cain
Mar 10, 2024

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What I argue is that we follow them, subscribing, in effect, to secular humanism because we're existentially, unconsciously repulsed by nature's wildness. That's why we retreat to religious fantasies and to our artificial refuges (societies, cultures, cities, worldviews). This is an effect of our alienation from nature's godlessness, absurdity, and monstrousness. We're social mammals that prefer our mentalities and lifestyles to the horror of nature's impersonal, amoral flow to nowhere that happens for no redeeming reason.

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

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Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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