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Originally Posted by Billy the Kidd Thats bullshit and I will tell you why. WHen youre forced to live off the land for survival and its hard you dont notice that thats what youre doing. Youre busy surviving. You gotta be living a pretty comfortable and sweet life to even be into philosophy. |
I didn't state that. What I mean is simply that living in a small, closely-nit community with little outside influence; doesn't lead directly to contemplation and enlightenment but to a healthy sense of meaning in ones existence, A belief that your life and the lives of others in your society has value. Also, societies like that often do find the time to develope well-tended esoteric and existential pursuits even while they are working to survive.