The Tablet February 24, 2021
Eighth in a series
Occasionally, while reading “Let Us Dream Together,” some of the Pope’s words and phrases seem to leap out at me. They seem almost to demand my attention. They often cause me to pause and reflect. That was my experience when I saw the expression “existential myopia.”
The word “existential” has been very much part of my vocabulary since I started teaching philosophy many years ago. In conversations, whenever someone has learned that I teach the philosophy of existentialism, almost always the person with whom I am speaking asks the question, “Can you tell me what existentialism is?”
I have been mostly Facebook free for about six months now. I do still visit on occasion to watch public meetings of local governments, but that’s it. Soon as the meeting is over, I close the tab and get out of Dodge.
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“Nothing matters.” It’s a popular and versatile phrase that can be reassuring, a reminder that despite how overwhelmed you feel, nothing matters so go ahead and enjoy that fourth donut.