no he was not a transcendentalist. a suicide mission with death as an end is not anything to be admired or considered inspirational. he was an emotionally troubled soul whose death was a metaphor for his life. he was lost, period
Exactly. I think he knew he was going to die and that's why he gave all of his things away. He just didn't want his parents spending all sorts of money on him and he didn't want to be civilized. He lived in the wild for a short time then he died. He was very smart and not insane at all, and he knew what he was doing and who he was hurting. It has nothing to do with logic or philosophy. I think he was more of an existentialist. A very stubborn existentialist...
@LordessDrakezul yes, he was by definition an existentialist. but i dont know if i give him that much credit. maybe idealy, his story is noteworthy as a hollywood script. he admitted in his journal that he was lonely. i could never be convinced that he was on a journey to find lonliness and death. i find lonliness, emptiness and death hardly inspirational. i believe his story to be an example of what not to do-if we r unhappy with life, we dont run away, we face the fire n change the soul within
I am sorry, but transcendentalism in philosophy has nothing to do with transcendetalism in literature. You should buy a new dictionary.
TheKristianSchmidt 3 months ago 2
no he was not a transcendentalist. a suicide mission with death as an end is not anything to be admired or considered inspirational. he was an emotionally troubled soul whose death was a metaphor for his life. he was lost, period
Taxi502 8 months ago
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Exactly. I think he knew he was going to die and that's why he gave all of his things away. He just didn't want his parents spending all sorts of money on him and he didn't want to be civilized. He lived in the wild for a short time then he died. He was very smart and not insane at all, and he knew what he was doing and who he was hurting. It has nothing to do with logic or philosophy. I think he was more of an existentialist. A very stubborn existentialist...
LordessDrakezul 8 months ago
@LordessDrakezul yes, he was by definition an existentialist. but i dont know if i give him that much credit. maybe idealy, his story is noteworthy as a hollywood script. he admitted in his journal that he was lonely. i could never be convinced that he was on a journey to find lonliness and death. i find lonliness, emptiness and death hardly inspirational. i believe his story to be an example of what not to do-if we r unhappy with life, we dont run away, we face the fire n change the soul within
Taxi502 8 months ago