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  2. The unexamined life is not worth living - Wikipedia

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    This quote emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and questioning one's beliefs, actions, and purpose in life. [2] The words were supposedly spoken by Socrates at his trial after he chose death, rather than exile. They represent (in modern terms) the noble choice, that is, the choice of death in the face of an alternative. [3]

  3. Philosophical pessimism - Wikipedia

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    Ultimately, he concludes that life is meaningless because it cannot be externally justified, as our earthly environment fails to fulfill our metaphysical interests (in other words, life lacks a heterotelic source of meaning and justice, which are outside of life itself and thus independent of humans' efforts). The consciousness of death further ...

  4. Lack's principle - Wikipedia

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    Lack's principle implies that birds that happen to lay more eggs than the optimum will most likely have fewer fledglings (young that successfully fly from the nest) because the parent birds will be unable to collect enough food for them all. [1]

  5. Poverty - Wikipedia

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    It usually references a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a basic standard of living. United Nations: Fundamentally, poverty is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society.

  6. Cat Complaining About His ‘Own Life Choices’ Has People ...

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    The same goes with this angry orange cat named Waffles whose mom shared a video in the middle of September of all of the times he's complained after making his own bad choices in life. Not only is ...

  7. The Paradox of Choice - Wikipedia

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    The Paradox of Choice – Why More Is Less is a book written by American psychologist Barry Schwartz and first published in 2004 by Harper Perennial.In the book, Schwartz argues that eliminating consumer choices can greatly reduce anxiety for shoppers.

  8. Lack (psychoanalysis) - Wikipedia

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    Lacan first designated a lack of being: what is desired is being itself."Desire is a relation to being to lack. The lack is the lack of being properly speaking. It is not the lack of this or that, but lack of being whereby the being exists" (Seminar: The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis).

  9. 15 over-the-top examples of wealth and luxury I saw on my ...

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    At The Little Nell, for instance, dog owners could order the"Canine Delights Daily," which was served in dog-friendly bowls and included carrots, brown rice, scrambled eggs, and the owner's choice ...