Being There... But Being Where?
Mindfulness, Dasein, Mitsein and the Illusion of Freedom in Camus' The Guest and David Oelhoffen's Far from Men “Aristotle says that in order to live alone one must either be an animal or a god. The third alternative is lacking. A man must be both; a philosopher.” ―Friedrich Nietzsche # Being There... But Where? ## Mindfulness, Dasein, Mitsein and the Illusion of Freedom in Camus' The Guest and David Oelhoffen's Far from Men ## Introduction: The Comfort of Being Here and Now Few philosophical ideas have become as universally attractive in the twenty-first century as the invitation to live "here and now." From mindfulness manuals and Buddhist meditation to popular psychology, existential therapy and introductory philosophy textbooks, the present moment has gradually acquired an almost sacred status. Anxiety supposedly belongs to the future, regret to the past, while peace exists only within the immediate experience of the present. This intellectual movem...