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Are we talking about Cynicism in the classical sense; if so then I don't see a problem with it.

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>>3542137
Honestly weed has only increased my cynicism.

>>3542139
you know it's not.
god,you're smart!

Imagine you were a poor destitute crazy homeless guy for fifty years and then got miraculously reincarnated in your current body. Shold make you feel lucky. Also, consider the deception you might have had toward the existence of god or absolute truth, toward human nature or knowledge, toward society or ideal didn't come from the essential mediocrity of life but from the boldness of your first assumptions. If god doesn't exist, does that mean the world has no longer any value ? (just an example of the inquiry you can start to end cheap cynicism if your cynicism is indeed cheeap). Try to think clearly, don't let pathos or bias disturbe you. Try considering that the think you were told to hold dear and respect are not what exactly what you were told, but still can have some form of value (or not). Ponder the myth of Orpheus and think that this Orpheus is you. Captach: dispersed Ecquals.
TL;DR: If you lost your values, it's time to lead an inquiry about wether you want to rebuild them and where they did come from. Self-enlightenment, bro. It begins with finding the possibilities of joy in your life and leaving a clear ground for your intuition.

>>3542164
>>3542134
What does it mean to be cynic in a, non classical, common sense?

>>3542244
there is a greek philosophical school called cynism.don't know much about it but i know that the "founder",diogenes,was called the "dog".(hence the cynism name)
now i guess it's just a bad attitude towards life.

>>3542134

Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins


You're not smart enough to be a cynic. Only someone with the prodigious knowledge of human behavior and massive understanding of psychology, like a Dostoevsky or Nietzsche, can ever call themselves a cynic.

>>3542334
>You're not smart enough to be a cynic. Only someone with the prodigious knowledge of human behavior and massive understanding of psychology, like a Dostoevsky or Nietzsche, can ever call themselves a cynic.
what an asshole!
you must know mankind really well if you can make such a statement on people worldview

>>3542134

Cynicism is inevitable for sane individuals.

Derive enjoyment from your cynicism as your super ego lets you do things that you would before have been considered socially unacceptable.

>>3542134
what is wrong with being cynical, again? I didn't get the memo.

religion i guess

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Cynicism in terms of what?

If it's human nature, then I simpyl don't agree with Hobbes, Mandeville or anybody else who generalizes in such a way that they try and account for vast and intricate facets of human nature with reference to a handful of axioms or theories they have devised, much like I distrust people like Francis Hutcehson for doing that in the opposite way.

Hume says it best when he argues that the idea of a golden age is a "poetical fiction", but the opposite idea, the idea of a state of war, violence and so on, is a "philosophical fiction".

If you didn't mean this then hide and ignore

>>3542334
>Nietzsche
>cynic

Your grasp on his exalted philosophy is truly abysmal.

>>3542134
you read.

"I'll be laughing with everyone I see /
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all"

-Jeff Mangum

Appreciate the fact that you even exist, little pleb.

>>3544396
you need to fuck off

>>3544402
What? You don't appreciate the fact that you even get to exist? Check your existence privilege.

>>3542134
You become an actual Cynic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(philosophy)
http://www.iep.utm.edu/cynics/
http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/cynics
http://www.mediafire.com/?zp2ppnxjwj28c

>>3542134

anytime you feel a negative thought enter in your head. Carefully scrutinize it for validity.

Every time you give a negative response to any question in your head or otherwise, think long and hard about it. Are your negative claims really justified? Soon you'll learn to just observe things instead of just throwing out the first angry response that comes to mind. Think carefully of what you say and especially of what you think. Sometimes it is better to say/think nothing then say/think something negative. Stay positive man

>>3545281
ma nigga

>>3544377
‘There is altogether no prouder and at the same time more exquisite kind of book than my books—they attain here and there the highest thing that can be attained on earth, cynicism.’
-Nietzsche, Ecce Homo