... allowed to leave and be with their families. So they might have thought it was necessary to endure this for the sake of their families. If I had been in Frankl's position I probably would have chosen that path to end it all. Reflecting on my times of extreme depression, I realized how few problems I ... is worth living, not as something that can just be thrown away without consequence. I have learned a great deal from my "chestnut tree" as did the woman in the book. I have learned that my friends will be my eternal life. In my opinion, a prison is something that holds you back, or even li...

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... with you. If there is a heaven, is it an unlimited hard drive that never fills up? Reincarnation is not a viable option. The belief that the soul returns into a different entity is absurd. But who knows? Those that believe go ever Sunday to congregate and pray to a "being ... determination by outside influences. 3. We create our own human nature through these free choices. 4. We also create our values through these choices. The Existentialist View (We create our own nature.): We are thrown into existence first without a predetermined nature and only later do we construct our nature ... w...

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