hello, i am a student in south wales, aged 16.

Ive spent the last year slowly falling into anomie, letting everything from school to social contact slip.

My problem is that i cannot overcome my solipsism and narcissism, and i know with absolute certainty that one day im going to die, and that i will leave the world exactly as i found it, just another temporary cog in the machine of human proliferation.

So i come here hoping to find out, Is this enough for you? Does anyone actually ascribe any meaning to thier lives, or do they continue with the day to day business of life hoping for the best?

What stops you from simply withdrawing, after all, society will hardly mourn you, no matter who you are there is another ready to take your place.

A bit vague and undirected but this was the first thing to spring to mind, and i havent had a chance to discuss this sort of thing before. (Damn british education system )

G

Hi solipsistic cat.

Oh I am going far away from western society when I grow up. I want to write and read, and inform. That's my purpose. Get society to stop this ignorance.

Welcome! Glad to have you on the forums.

Why is it that folks like us find our way to philosophy?

Exactly as you found it? Is this even possible? No matter how insignificant your influence on the world might be, to live is to necessarily influence the world. If you live, you can't help but be some sort of change.

Plenty. To ask for more is impossible. It is our responsibility to make manifest whatever change we want to see in the world. No matter how relatively insignificant our contribution, we cannot do any more than try to live the way we should.

Who is society? No one will mourn you if you ignore them. Go out into the world and experience other people, then your passing will be mourned and your life celebrated.

The American education system is worse. You just have to make due. Read your eyes out - I wish I had. I wish I read more today. You seem like a bright fellow. I look forward to reading your posts on the forums.

Inconsistent beliefs... reminds me of something Whitman once wrote, a famous line, I think:
"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"

Well the important thing is to be open minded and constantly question everything. People who don't think but live their lives without doing so are going to be left with a latent, lacking logic, purpose that is filled only with a blissful emotional frenzy. To some, that sounds appealing, to me... not enough.