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How to Test Whether Life is Worth Living (Test Four: Preferring Not to Have Been Born Test)

Posted on February 2, 2014 by

In part one, I went through Smuts’ article on certain tests on what makes life worth living. I went through Camus’ Suicide Test and showed Smut’s argument on why it fails. In part two, I went through mainly Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence Test … Continue reading →

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How to Test Whether Life is Worth Living (Test Two: The Recurrence Test)

Posted on January 23, 2014 by

In part one, I went through Smuts’ article on certain tests on what makes life worth living. I went through Camus’ Suicide Test and showed Smut’s argument on why it fails. In this post, I’ll look into the second test … Continue reading →

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