Lovecraftian Cosmicism | Existentialism, Absurdism and Nihilism

H.P. Lovecraft was an American writer who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos and the creator of the literary philosophy known as Cosmicism, emphasising the Cosmic Horror of the unknown and the insignificance of human beings in the vast realms of space and time.

This video explores the peculiar philosophy of Cosmicism and its similarities with Absurdism, existentialism, and nihilism, three movements that arose from the human experience of anguish and confusion stemming from the Absurd, ultimately diverging to different perspectives on life.

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📚 Recommended Reading (High Quality and Best Translations)

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
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Nietzsche

▶ Human, All Too Human (1878)
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▶ Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883)
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▶ Twilight of the Idols or How to Philosophise with a Hammer and The Antichrist (1888)
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Kierkegaard

▶ Either/Or (1843)
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▶ Fear and Trembling (1843)
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▶ The Sickness unto Death (1849)
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Camus

▶ The Stranger (1942)
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▶ The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)
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▶ The Plague (1947)
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Sartre

▶ Nausea (1938)
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▶ The Wall (1939) and Other Stories
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▶ No Exit (1944) and Three Other Plays:
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⌛ Timestamps

0:00 Introduction Lovecraft & Cosmicism
1:08 Nihilist Engima: Existentialism, Absurdism, Nihilism
2:09 Absurdism
3:26 Existentialism
4:34 Nihilism
6:00 Cosmicism
12:29 Cosmicism VS God

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📝 Sources

Rottensteiner, F. (1992). Lovecraft as Philosopher. Science Fiction Studies, 19(1), 117-121.

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