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A comment on Hunter S. Thompson on Finding Your Purpose (1958). Parent comment
How should one measure self worth?
>Verify any approach to life by generalisation: what would happen if everyone followed it? The Buddhist approach leads to stagnation.
Who said everyone should follow any given approach? If everyone followed any particular approach to life it would lead to stagnation, extinction.
On the contrary, Buddhism emphasizes change, as opposed to stagnation.
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How should one measure self worth?
>Verify any approach to life by generalisation: what would happen if everyone followed it? The Buddhist approach leads to stagnation.
Who said everyone should follow any given approach? If everyone followed any particular approach to life it would lead to stagnation, extinction.
On the contrary, Buddhism emphasizes change, as opposed to stagnation.