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Range O'Cuije's Quotes

Philosipher Range O'Cuije's Best Philosophical Breakthroughs:

Most known quote:

"And thus I dub thee the Language of Gods. Go forth, be free, and expand."
-Philosopher Range O'Cuije, referring to the language of Orangia



Other Quotes:

"The Reddit is a place of The Ones Who Don't Know."
-Philosopher Range O'Cuije


"OH HOW THE NIGHT IS SILENT IN MY HOME,
AWAY FROM THE CHATTER, ALL ALONE.
FREE FROM ME YOU WILL BE,
WHEN I SEND YOU TO THE SEA.

AWAY, AWAY, I CAN'T STAY,
TODAY, TODAY, YOU CAN SAY;
"OH HOW THE NIGHT IS SILENT IN MY HOME,
AWAY FROM THE CHATTER, ALL ALONE.

FREE FROM ME YOU WILL BE,
WHEN I SEND YOU TO THE SEA.
AWAY, AWAY, I CAN'T STAY,
TODAY, TODAY, YOU CAN SAY;"
*repeat*

-A poem from Range O'Cuije's "Melodies of the Plup"

Absurdism, Nihilism, and Existentialism.
Person 1 ("Questioner"): What's the point of life?
Person 2 ("Nihilist"): There probably isn't one.
Person 3 ("Existentialist"): Make your own point. Life is about what you do, not why you do it.
Person 4 ("Absurdist"): Why should that matter?

There, of course, are a lot of other answers to this question. A nihilist may or may not go into great detail as to why life has no meaning and everything is pointless. An existentialist may or may not go into excruciating detail on how you would make your own purpose. An absurdist may or may not go into lengthy detail on why you should embrace the nothingness that is the point of life.
Each of these people are correct in their own right anyway; a nihilist is correct in the way they say that nothing matters, because what you do will probably not have a lasting effect on those after you. An existentialist in the way that creating your own point is itself the point of life. And, of course, an absurdist in the way that they just don't care.
But, I, personally, feel no remorse when I say that there is no answer to this question. Label me as you will, but I believe that the question should stay unanswered. If we were to find the actual reason, would it not just disappoint us? If it is greater than one of us alone would it not scare us? The answer should stay hidden.
Should I be a nihilist, then be I a nihilist who cares not for the point. Should I be an existentialist, then be I an existentialist whose answer is that of spite against life itself. Should I be an absurdist, then be I an absurdist who embraces the nothingness and lives not to cater to the point, but to do as I wish.

-An excerpt from "The Questioner Who Knows The Answer"

"Orange as the sky during N-Day,
Your only hope is to pray.
May the Orangic Gods take pity on you."
-Philosopher Range O'Cuije during the first N-Day, circa 3 BC.

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