Benjamin Cain
1 min readJul 14, 2021

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You have some interesting ideas. I've written on Buddhism, and I agree that the Eastern religions are more philosophical and respectable than the monotheistic ones. Your redescription of the Fall myth in physical terms is also interesting, although I'm not sure how plausible it is. How could such brute physical facts transfer to intelligent creatures' ennui?

If you're asking for a summary of my philosophy, I elaborate on philosophical naturalism with existentialism, cosmicism, pantheism, and a subversive take on various social issues. Those are the big words you didn't want to hear, but it takes the many articles I've written to explain what they all mean.

I'm an atheist regarding the mainstream religions, but I suspect the esoteric core of religions points to certain cosmic facts that religions haven't explained well. I think the upshot of science's account of the natural order is pantheism, but not necessarily Spinoza's variety. Roughly speaking, I combine Spinoza and Schopenhauer. I think philosophy or reason generally is a two-edged sword: it leads to promethean, technological progress, but it also undermines the delusions we seem to need to be happy. Thus, as Leo Strauss explains, we divide into the cynical, often sociopathic intellectual elites and the unenlightened masses whom the former often use as fodder.

Those are some highlights from my writings. If you're interested in Buddhism, I have a few articles that might interest you, and I have another one that should appear soon, on nirvana.

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/marquis-de-sade-versus-the-buddha-4709cc1f6856?source=friends_link&sk=65d7b26a260aaa8a0819c57a55799392

https://medium.com/the-apeiron-blog/buddhism-and-the-venture-of-limited-selves-beb4a25bfc08?sk=6584f3a565e2ef14433f4ffbce04477b

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

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

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