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Sep 18, 2019

when did "antinatalism" begin? (i never heard about it until i heard it from you (and others on Twitter) - i always felt isolated re: not finding life the way "they" said i should find it - ie; "something must be wrong with me" etc.

antoine sugar

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Antinatalism is as old as recorded history. It dates back to ancient Greece & is found in the Old Testament as well. A good introductory book on the subject would be Thomas Ligotti's "Conspiracy Against the Human Race". Schopenhauer is the father of modern AN

7:05 PM · Sep 18, 2019Twitter Web App

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"Old" Testament? I didn't realize that ... ("be fruitful and multiple")?

antoine sugar

@joedan346

Sep 18, 2019

And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive. But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun. --- Ecclesiastes, 4:2-3

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