Curious Christian

It’s kind of funny (and a little tragic) when you think about it—a lot of philosophers really could’ve used a good therapist! I mean, Schopenhauer spent his whole life convinced that human existence was basically a mistake, and Cioran practically made despair his best friend. Nietzsche famously wrestled with his inner demons, and even Camus, who tried to tell us to live in defiance of the absurd, seemed like he was always on the verge of existential burnout. You can just imagine a modern-day therapist telling them, “So… let’s talk about how this all makes you feel,” while the philosophers argue that feeling is futile in an indifferent universe. Classic case of overthinking life, right?