The Zhuangzi is an ancient Chinese text that is one of the two foundational texts of Taoism, alongside the Tao Te Ching. It was written during the late Warring States period (476–221 BC) and is named for its traditional author, Zhuang Zhou, who is customarily known as "Zhuangzi" ("Master Zhuang").Chapter 29 tells of a character, Robber Zhi, critiquing Confucian morality."Therefore he who sets his eyes on reputation will find that it is nowhere to be seen; he who seeks for gain will find that it is not to be gotten."Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CAD

I wanted to share my thoughts on Camus's philosophy on the meaning of life, as a lot of what I read on my channel will share themes with this. I believe that Camus meant that freedom came from not giving in to the absurd, even if it may not include seeking the most desirable outcome.

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Paul Thiry, Baron d'Holbach, known as d'Holbach, was a Franco-German philosopher, encyclopedist and writer, who was a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born in Edesheim, near Landau in the Rhenish Palatinate, but lived and worked mainly in Paris, where he kept a salon. He helped in the dissemination of "Protestant and especially German thought", particularly in the field of the sciences, but was known more for his atheism and voluminous writings against religion, famously including The System of Nature (1770) and The Universal Morality (1776). (Wikipedia)Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CADBuy my collection of short stories on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/Pallettown-Short-Stories-collection-narrator-ebook/dp/B0FSTP6JXM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OG1R9CGYXKFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6xZ293cESaFYNBCXIHBOmg.V8UlxWJ15a1IhzvADDBS9M95CcIM0etwiMzUZG6kgQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=pallettown+short+stories&qid=1759093780&s=digital-text&sprefix=pallettown+short+stories%2Cdigital-text%2C62&sr=1-1

Inspired by some recent time spent in the tropics; a story of a man that survives a plane crash.You can read the story here: https://www.wattpad.com/1621394075-island-timeBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CADBuy my collection of short stories on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/Pallettown-Short-Stories-collection-narrator-ebook/dp/B0FSTP6JXM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OG1R9CGYXKFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6xZ293cESaFYNBCXIHBOmg.V8UlxWJ15a1IhzvADDBS9M95CcIM0etwiMzUZG6kgQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=pallettown+short+stories&qid=1759093780&s=digital-text&sprefix=pallettown+short+stories%2Cdigital-text%2C62&sr=1-1

This is a collaborative short story written by myself, Marlowe Bloem, Michael Borrelli, and Tomas Rosa. The story is about a group of characters finding their way to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting.You can read the story here: https://www.wattpad.com/1619250876-lost-and-searching-a-collaborative-writing-projectBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CADBuy my collection of short stories on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/Pallettown-Short-Stories-collection-narrator-ebook/dp/B0FSTP6JXM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OG1R9CGYXKFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6xZ293cESaFYNBCXIHBOmg.V8UlxWJ15a1IhzvADDBS9M95CcIM0etwiMzUZG6kgQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=pallettown+short+stories&qid=1759093780&s=digital-text&sprefix=pallettown+short+stories%2Cdigital-text%2C62&sr=1-1

A man from Arkansas experiences a somewhat validating alien abduction.You can read the story here: wattpad.com/1618092342-a-somewhat-validating-adbuction-untitled-part-1Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CADBuy my collection of short stories on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/Pallettown-Short-Stories-collection-narrator-ebook/dp/B0FSTP6JXM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OG1R9CGYXKFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6xZ293cESaFYNBCXIHBOmg.V8UlxWJ15a1IhzvADDBS9M95CcIM0etwiMzUZG6kgQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=pallettown+short+stories&qid=1759093780&s=digital-text&sprefix=pallettown+short+stories%2Cdigital-text%2C62&sr=1-1

Laozi, formerly latinized as Laocius, was a legendary Chinese philosopher considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions and his opus a collaboration of various writers, with the name Laozi, literally meaning 'Old Master', likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. (Wikipedia)Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CADBuy my collection of short stories on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/Pallettown-Short-Stories-collection-narrator-ebook/dp/B0FSTP6JXM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OG1R9CGYXKFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6xZ293cESaFYNBCXIHBOmg.V8UlxWJ15a1IhzvADDBS9M95CcIM0etwiMzUZG6kgQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=pallettown+short+stories&qid=1759093780&s=digital-text&sprefix=pallettown+short+stories%2Cdigital-text%2C62&sr=1-1

Sharing my thoughts on why writing and art allow us to express ourselves and communicate using a different form. Let me know what you think.Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CADBuy my collection of short stories on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/Pallettown-Short-Stories-collection-narrator-ebook/dp/B0FSTP6JXM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OG1R9CGYXKFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6xZ293cESaFYNBCXIHBOmg.V8UlxWJ15a1IhzvADDBS9M95CcIM0etwiMzUZG6kgQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=pallettown+short+stories&qid=1759093780&s=digital-text&sprefix=pallettown+short+stories%2Cdigital-text%2C62&sr=1-1

A theodicy, meaning 'vindication of God', is an argument in the philosophy of religion that attempts to resolve the problem of evil, which arises when all power (omnipotence) and all goodness (omnibenevolence) are attributed to God simultaneously. Unlike a defense, which tries only to demonstrate that God and evil can logically coexist, a theodicy additionally provides a framework in which God and evil's existence are considered plausible. The German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz coined the term theodicy in his book Théodicée (1710)... (Wikipedia)Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pallettownPaypal donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=CQ68PXMWB7G8Y&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=CADBuy my collection of short stories on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.ca/Pallettown-Short-Stories-collection-narrator-ebook/dp/B0FSTP6JXM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OG1R9CGYXKFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6xZ293cESaFYNBCXIHBOmg.V8UlxWJ15a1IhzvADDBS9M95CcIM0etwiMzUZG6kgQY&dib_tag=se&keywords=pallettown+short+stories&qid=1759093780&s=digital-text&sprefix=pallettown+short+stories%2Cdigital-text%2C62&sr=1-1