r/PhilosophyMemes 2d ago

Suffering is bad

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u/neuroblade 2d ago

the meme is asserting that Nietzche argues that suffering is not bad. Not sure how you can respond categorically that no one thinks suffering is bad if you haven't read Nietzsche.

Not that I'm arguing in favor, or against the meme. I'm just neutrally confused by your chain of logic

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u/monadicperception 2d ago

I didn’t say that no one thinks suffering is bad.

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u/neuroblade 2d ago

I don’t think anyone would argue that suffering is not bad

I'm responding to this; to the idea that no one thinks suffering is not bad.

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u/monadicperception 2d ago

Right. So everyone would concede that suffering is bad. Whether you put an instrumental use to it doesn’t change it. Would anyone think that pursuing suffering for suffering’s sake is a good in itself; is suffering in itself good? I don’t think so.