“Existentialism” is opposite to the laws of Nature

Zsolt Hermann
1 min readJul 4, 2022

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Question from the Internet:

“Given the state of the world, has existentialism been verified as the philosophical method for understanding the human condition?”

I think what we are observing today is the last days of “existentialism”.

This kind of thinking, that I am a standalone, independent person that can determine one’s own purpose, goal and direction in life has become not only obsolete but outright harmful in the globally integrated and fully interdependent world we evolved into.

It is not enough that by this we have all become 100% responsible for each other, but we also have a predetermined goal and purpose in nature’s system arranged for us by Natural evolution.

This is of course against our instinctive worldview and our inherently egocentric and subjective aspirations. But our illusory and unfounded sense of independence and individual “rights” do not change the fact that we exist in Nature’s lawful and deterministic system where everything is controlled and governed by strict, unchanging and unforgiving laws.

Our key to solving our mounting global problems — that affect all of us together — and safeguarding our continuing, collective human survival depends on us understanding and observing these laws of Nature that will help us find and fulfil that purpose evolution determined for us.

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Zsolt Hermann
Zsolt Hermann

Written by Zsolt Hermann

I am a Hungarian-born Orthopedic surgeon presently living in New Zealand, with a profound interest in how mutually integrated living systems work.

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