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Philosophy - Existentialism in the Modern Age
N1 Conversation lesson 20: Philosophy - Existentialism in the Modern Age
💬Dialogue
正解のない時代を生きる私たちにとって、実存主義の問いは今なお色褪せることがありません。
For us living in an age without correct answers, the questions of existentialism still haven't faded.
ええ。自らの生に意味を付与し、自由に伴う責任を引き受ける。その覚悟が今こそ問われています。
Yes. Bestowing meaning on one's own life and taking on the responsibility that comes with freedom. That resolve is what is being questioned now.
情報の洪水に埋没し、他者の価値観に同調するだけの生き方は、空虚さを招くだけですから。
A way of life that only involves being buried in a flood of information and conforming to the values of others only leads to emptiness.
その通りです。自己の主体性を貫徹し、孤独を恐れず自律的に在ることの困難さと尊さ。
Exactly. The difficulty and nobility of maintaining one's own subjectivity and existing autonomously without fearing loneliness.
はい。不条理な現実を前に、絶望に抗い、自らを刻一刻と創造していく。それこそが、人間としての真の自由ですね。
Yes. Facing an absurd reality, resisting despair, and creating oneself moment by moment. That is true human freedom.
ええ。決して他者に委ねることのできない、自分だけの物語を紡いでいきたいですね。
Yes. I want to weave my own story, something that can never be entrusted to others.
⭐Key Expressions
～に伴う
Describes something happening at the same time or as a result of another event.
～（を）貫徹する
Describes maintaining a will or principle until the end.
～（を）委ねる
Used when entrusting something completely to others or fate.
～（刻一刻と）
Emphasizes continuous, ceaseless change.
📚Vocabulary
付与する
ふよする
to bestow / give
覚悟
かくご
resolve / readiness
埋没する
まいぼつする
to be buried / submerged
貫徹する
かんてつする
to carry through
不条理
ふじょうり
absurdity / irrationality
委ねる
ゆだねる
to entrust
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