PHIL 115 Lecture Notes - Gabriel Marcel, Totalitarianism
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Skeptical of the whole human philosophy: when you"re sick you seek professional help, however there is no solution, only an endless number of people who will provide you with a solution. A problem is something we stand to at arm"s length: an obstacle in our path, that we have to get around or over, something we confront. Mystery isn"t something separate from us, it"s a part of who we are. A mystery is a part of our being, no difference between us and it: love is not an obstacle in our path, it defines how we look at things. Because marcel was writing this after 2 world wars, he has an emphasis on what will happen with freedom, the nature of it, what conditions in modern life stand against freedom: he is primarily a critical thinker. Almost no one is economically irreplaceable, every employee knows that they can and will be replaced eventually.
