philosophy

The Fixer is not a philosophical text. It is a novel inspired by a hear-wrenching true story about a Jewish man who fixes things for a living (thus the title) who is arrested for the supposed ritual murder of a Christian boy. He is obviously innocent, but the Russian government refuses to admit that it was wrong and insists that he be convicted. The most powerful part of the book is the fixer’s two-and-a-half stint in Kiev prison while he awaits his indictment and trial.

This is the latest philosophical installment. Viktor Frankl was a Jewish doctor in a concentration camp during WWII.

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I'm taking a college class in philosophy right now, and part of my work is writing these "journal entries." My dad was my main person that I bounced ideas off of, but he's not gonna be around much until the end of july. This means that I have no one to talk to about philosophy once I leave class. That's where the internet comes in. I'll be posting these short essays on my reading almost daily for another two weeks or so. It's pretty much the only writing I'm finding the time to do right now.

On the particular piece, Sisyphus is an ancient greek absurd hero, who was doomed to a life of futility for lying to the Gods. He rolls a giant boulder up a mountain, and when he almost gets to the top, the stone rolls down to the bottom and he must start over again. This is my response to a chapter we read on this subject, I hope it makes sense. (It's freshly written, so ignore small errors and such)

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