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[keith_face]

"Dread is the fear of Being-in-the-world as such. What is dreadful is the utter meaninglessness of human life, the lack of given directions, given standards and values, and a given conception of oneself. It is to escape this nothingness that Dasein (man) tends to retreat into inauthenticity. Dread makes everything insignificant, for it sees that

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[asoggybiscuit42]

i wish i couldve gone to the robert solomon tribute in february. it was a year after his death. my professor was his assistant and she went and spoke and said it was very moving

i really liked his conversations with the existentialists