The German philosopher, Martin Heidegger, has many philosophical concepts which I agree with. Heidegger’s philosophy carries the ideas that people should be be in touch with “being” and to be “authentic” and live for ourselves. Another one of his ideas think that people should spend most of their time within graveyards in order to follow this philosophy. Heidegger’s philosophy is one that should be fulfilled by everyone
Heidegger has the idea that all being is connected and that people forget to be free and live for themselves rather than others. He believes that we are able to overcome this understanding it and rising above it to a much more universal perspective, therefore we will begin to live for our-selves rather than “they-selves.” I agree with this concept very much because throughout my life I have noticed that many people live for other people, and I have also been guilty of doing this when I was younger. I think that people should live for themselves because other people don’t determine your life, YOU do, therefore live for YOURSELF. I also believe that when people are in touch with themselves and live for themselves they will better understand who they are because they’re doing what is satisfying to them rather than other people.
Although I agree with many of Heidegger’s philosophical concepts, I don’t agree with the idea that we should spend more time in graveyards. I understand that Heidegger wants us to understand that we need to just be in a quiet place, however I believe that people wouLd be able to accomplish Heidegger’s philosophy without spending much time in graveyards.
I totally agree with you. When it comes to his philosophy, many people can really relate, especially the young generation. We better understand ourselves if we are to stop thinking about pleasing others. Like you said, "live for YOURSELF".
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