“… [some people] may feel the kind of ‘stomach level sadness’ that David Foster Wallace described, a sadness that drives them to distract themselves by any number of entertainments, addictions, competitions, or arbitrary goals, each of which leaves them feeling emptier than the last.”
Sean D. Kelly talks about “Navigating Past Nihilism” at The Stone, the New York Times‘ forum for contemporary philosophers. Also touched on? Franzen, Melville, T.S. Eliot, Beckett and more.
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