The Three Positions on Existence

You face three choices about existence. Taking any one costs you the other two.

You can say yes. Life is worth its pain. Nietzsche called this amor fati. Camus imagined Sisyphus happy pushing his rock.

You can say no. Existence costs too much. Schopenhauer and Buddha saw suffering as the main fact. Benatar concludes we shouldn’t create new life.

You can refuse to judge. Bracket the question. Pyrrho held this position—neither affirm nor deny.

Each choice binds you. Say yes and you must justify horrors. Say no and you must explain why you persist. Suspend judgment and you avoid both traps but forfeit both comforts.