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Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah - Modern Civilization And Messiahs - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century pessimist philosopher and environmentalist Peter Wessel Zapffe's "The Last Messiah" It focuses specifically on the final parts of the work, where he considers and rejects several possible solutions to the problem posed by mod ... Show More
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Apr 21
Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah - Diversion As A Suppression Mechanism - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century pessimist philosopher and environmentalist Peter Wessel Zapffe's "The Last Messiah" It focuses specifically on the third of the four "suppression mechanisms" that he identifies, which he calls "diversion". It might also be ac ... Show More
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Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah - Attachment As A Suppression Mechanism - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century pessimist philosopher and environmentalist Peter Wessel Zapffe's "The Last Messiah" It focuses specifically on attachment as one of the four "suppression mechanisms" he discusses in the essay, which involves creating fixed po ... Show More
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