Aphorisms (No 8)

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In a world of ceaseless labor, we are components of the Engine. Eternally struggling, pushing a Sisyphean Boulder in vain. Illusions are the keys that unlock the Doors and keep us moving on.

Published by Giannis Delimitsos

Giannis Delimitsos is a philosopher and author who was born in Agrinio (Greece) in 1979 and now lives with his wife and their two children in Stockholm (Sweden), where he works as a family doctor. His passions are reading philosophical, historical and scientific books, and writing philosophy and poetry.

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  1. The believer’s illusion of afterlife is not necessarily better than the illusion of an atheist that life has a real, innate meaning, despite of, or even because of, its finitude. The difference is that religions offer various easily understood, “prepackaged” illusions and meanings, while every atheist has to create his/her own, elaborate ones. In any case, very few – if any – can live without this self-deceiving thinking. To find a meaning or purpose in the insignificant human life is but a delicate make-believe process.

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