doing things
>to seem cool or erudite or impressive
>fulfill some notion of a lifestyle
>project an image
how do i stop /lit/?
any philosophical literature on being fine with your """"authentic"""" self?
of course there's nothing "wrong" with any of those things, i'd just like to stop for the sake of it
Kierkegaard
>>8338046
First Division of Being and Time, particularly chapter four on the They.
>>8338046
jargon of authenticity by adorno, you cuck
>>8338052
This, specifically A Sickness Unto Death.
Actually I barely understood it but try it OP.
/thread
>>8338046
Authentic my arse. What is inauthentic about attempting to project an attractive image? It is an essential part of human social life, and only a truly strange fetishist of individuality would argue that you should emphasise your failings to the same extent that you emphasise the parts of your personality that are attractive.
>>8338046
>watch all of eggman's videos
>embrace the antisocial ugly autist you truly are
>start doing heroin
>?????
>life
read Wordsworth
the only way to avoid living for those things is to learn to love something greater. wordsworth should help remind you of higher thoughts
just b urself bro