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omegaphilosophia · 2 months ago

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The Philosophy of Amor Fati

Amor fati is a Latin phrase meaning “love of fate”, and it's most famously associated with the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Rather than merely accepting the events of your life—especially the painful or uncontrollable ones—amor fati calls for embracing them wholeheartedly, as if you had chosen them yourself.

It is not resignation or stoic endurance, but an active affirmation:

“My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati... that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity.” — Nietzsche

Core Ideas

Radical Acceptance Amor fati is the opposite of resistance. It asks us to say “yes” to life, even to suffering, loss, and injustice—not by approving of them morally, but by acknowledging that they are part of the totality of existence.

Beyond Regret or Bitterness Instead of wishing things had gone differently, amor fati transforms past misfortunes into necessary threads of your story—without which you wouldn’t be who you are.

Eternal Recurrence Nietzsche ties amor fati to his concept of the eternal return: if you had to live your life over and over again, would you still embrace it? Amor fati says: yes, every time.

Empowerment Through Surrender While fate seems to imply helplessness, amor fati transforms powerlessness into freedom by aligning the will with what is. You become invulnerable to despair when you cease wishing the world were otherwise.

Connections to Other Philosophies

Stoicism The Stoics, like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, advocated accepting fate (fatum) and focusing only on what we can control. Amor fati goes a step further—not just accepting, but loving fate.

Existentialism Where some existentialists see the universe as absurd or indifferent, amor fati is an existential yes: life has no inherent meaning, so let’s choose to affirm it anyway.

Buddhism There's a similarity to non-attachment in Buddhist thought, though amor fati has a more passionate flavor—rather than detaching from life, it invites a fierce intimacy with it.

Why It Matters

In a world obsessed with control, comfort, and endless optimization, amor fati offers a radical reorientation:

What if the goal isn’t to avoid pain, but to be transformed by it?

To love your fate is not to abandon dreams or growth, but to root yourself so deeply in the present that even failure becomes sacred. It’s about finding beauty in the broken, meaning in the meaningless, and peace in the irreversible.

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color-ns · 6 months ago

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Sometimes tweeter people know their stuff- this is the right kind of toxic angst I want to read.

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batcavescolony · 1 year ago

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Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

#katniss everdeen #the hunger games trilogy #the hunger games #primrose everdeen #hunger games #batcavescolony reads the hunger games #suzanne collins #'now it seems i have become someone precious' NOW? GIRL BFFR you're their hunter girl #and this isn't negative just bffr girl #your WHOLE DISTRICT did the three finger salute that you yourself says means admiration thanks and goodbye to someone you love and on top is #old a rarely used. your WHOLE DISTRICT decided in that moment that they needed to bring back this sign of respect for YOU #...................................................................#idk why some people are thinking i mean this as negative i don't she is unreliable but its not intentional. like when Peeta heart stoped in #CF she doesn't know what Finnick is doing at first cus she doesn't know off the top of her head what cpr is. she also thinks Peeta after the #reaping is acting for the cameras. he isnt we dind out later his mom basically told him Katniss was gonna win and he would die. obviously #shes not doing it on purpose shes just for lack of better words uneducated? as in she doesn't know everything shes not omnipotent #so when Plutarch (? second games guy) shows her his mokingjay hiden watch shes like *wtf that's weird?* then the people traveling to #district 13 show her the mockingjay cookie and explains it and she then goes on the difference between his watch and their cookie #and why does eveyone act as if district 12 is as bad as the capital? they CANT help Katniss and Prim in the way you want. they cant give #them food. none of them have any! and im not putting iton Katniss but they hid they needed food so they could stay together. it sounds like #some of you are in this our world mentally of what people do after a loved one dies (brings food constantly checks on them etc) district 12 #cant do that. they dont have food and they're all suffering. you cant give someone food when you have none to give. then theirs the fact #that peeta DID help. Peeta buring the bread and tossing some to her then taking a beating from his mom is a HUGE thing in the books.#he used his resources to help her like you all said someone should.#district 12 DID (rip) care about Katniss before the hunger games. why do you think she was allowed to hunt? or how her trades were good #these are the little ways 12 can shows Katniss they love her. but again Katniss doesn't see this and YES its because she had ptsd before the #hunger games as well. i swear some of you make it seem like d12 was all living a life of luxury and glaring down at Katniss.#other things that show Katniss is in hight standing with at least her people of d12 is her dad was known enough through d12 for peeta dad to #comment on his singing along with his commenting on her mom. also her mom is a healer in the community. yeah her parents arnt the top but #of d12 but they are/were definitely high staning in the Seam.

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secondbeatsongs · 1 year ago

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hey. what the fuck does this mean

#shiftythrifting #tagging you so that maybe you can suffer with me #if you check your tags that is #anyway what the fuck does this mean #personal

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kosmogrl · 10 months ago

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#ALSO I mean this like about evil people that only make you suffer!! dont take it out of context pleaseeee

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noodles-and-tea · 5 months ago

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Just some more thoughts on that jayvik dbh au

#I got a lot of people saying that Viktor should be the Android #which I did mention in the tags last time #but after thinking about it I just think that the human experience is such an integral part of viktor as a character #(aside from the fact that it makes every character ever)#his pain and suffering due to his illness and disability and class #like I can’t take that away from him #not that Jayce doesn’t go through his own things too #but I think Jayce’s naïveté from season one lends itself well to an Android in awe of human life #and a jaded but wise Viktor who still has a good heart and sense of humour #I mean this is just my version of the au and like I think I said in my tags last time im pretty sure I’ve seen a few around with android V #definitely got recommended some fics that I’m excited to check out!#sorry for rambling - this isn’t to discredit any other interpretations!! just kind of exploring my thought process behind it :)#oh also sorry that this is angsty lol #it’s fine #my art #arcane #jayvik #Jayce talis #jayce arcane #Viktor arcane #dbh #detroit become human #arcane au #noodles talks #(in the tags)

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elumarin · 2 months ago

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Why go to therapy when you can project it all onto Sun?

#sun my beloved #haven't used blender in a while #i'm so tired and the most logical solution is to make sun suffer with me #i didn't mean to make these into full renders lmao i just wanted to practise posing sun's model #sun fnaf #fnaf #daycare attendant #dca #fnaf sun #rendered in blender!#and yes that is the family guy death pose

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ilions-end · 2 months ago

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i've read several papers recently that try to concisely translate the potential meanings of odysseus' name (Man-of-Pain, Trouble, Hateman, Anger-Bringer, Suffering) but the one that still haunts me is Mr. Hater

#uh oh look out here comes MR. HATER #i think hateman is very fun in a kind superhero name way but it's the addition of the 'mister' that wins out #like we're being polite about it #i think i got that one from erwin cook #fascinating that the issue about the meaning of odysseus' name is that it's about a negative emotion but it's unclear in what direction #is it he who is suffering or is he the one making others suffer. which feels very odysseus #🏷️

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kissingagrumpygiant · 6 months ago

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They didn't let Solas interact with Kieran in dai bc he'd smell the June on him and have a melt down thinking about their own parallels and also Kieran would doxx him on fantasy roblox by accident

#fic where kieran wanders into the rotunda and solas has kill bill alarms going off about a 10 year old #'why should june i mean Kieran have a loving mother when i have suffered more than jesus.'

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chloesimaginationthings · 8 months ago

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