1. the Age of Anxiety
... One. Following in the revolutionary footsteps that Nietzsche laid out in world of philosophical thinking, were two equally, if not more influential ideas called logical empiricism (or logical positivism), and existentialism. The origins of logical positivism can be traced to a philosopher named Ludwig Wittgenstein. He argued that philosophy deals only in the realm of logical thoughts, and that since thought is ... feelings of personal anxiety and uncertainty, thus fueling this fire and increasing people's disillusionment. In response to all of this uncertainty and anxiety another form o...
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