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Rather than finding the World in their selves, many tend to find their selves in the World. Especially “Jungians”.

Aka: solipsism. But “individualism” and “politeness” allows such a mass motley to be less clear, noted, and troubling.

Concluded facts of academia’s humanities are surpassed by existential-ontic truths.

How many or few live lives to find “the great books” biographical comparisons, companions and/or guides?

While there are peaks in and of experience, most lives are lived in the valleys, if at times in the foothills. Aside from the fact that many people don’t like heights.

And for moderate example Goethe said we must return to the valleys for our normal lives. But Goethe was not as Faustian as Faust in his Faust.

Academia as education and professional training and qualification…

Academia as phase of time and place for independent sex and fun…

Academia as career…

Academia as defensive fortress holding certain treasures and secrets…

Academia as seductive world of intellect…

Academia as mind and soul limiting prison…

Academia as temporary path beyond…

Those whose personalities are predominantly inbounded

Politician who gives “Christianity” an empty name.

It is unclear whether his pervasive pompousity is sufficient to convince himself. Yet his skill at avoiding directly expressing himself clearly about anything certainly suggests he could.

People unconsciously assuming a life and civilization in which cars are “natural” show how engulfed in the Present they are.

Albert Camus’s essay The Myth of Sisyphus assumes a depth of disbelief, despair, and magnitude of intent which few have.

Two conventional were unable to even utter standard exclamations upon seeing this dramatic photo; in my estimation because it was, and is, too above and beyond their common lives, experiences, emotions, thoughts,…. Yet in their silence they were realistic.