Ergo Proxy

the overall vision of Ergo Proxy is sadness. the sadness we are portraying is not the emotional state that most people think of. the sadness we mean is the one that Friedrich Nietzsche is talking about when he said: "To live is to suffer". Life is meaningless and absurd. Our lives don't add up to something bigger. We are born into this world without a purpose and unlike animals we are aware of that. We live. We die. It doesn't matter. Life at the same time is cruel and full of suffering.
Ergo Proxy is strongly influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Paul Sartre and Arthur Schopenhauer. We try to create analogies to their philosophy, which is often misunderstood. The misunderstanding is that their philosophy is supporting nihilism. To live is to suffer, so therefore one must give themselves meaning to the suffering instead of living life without values and only finding joy in hedonistic activities.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REALIZING THIS AND TRY TO CREATE THEMSELVES AND THEIR OWN LOFTY DREAM TO STIRVE FOR WILL SOON NOTICE THAT THE TASK OF REALIZING SUCH A GOAL IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TASK THERE IS. SUCH INDIVIDUALS WILL FACE SETBACKS, DIFFICULTIES AND PAIN. THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT THOSE WHO STRIVE FOR THEIR DREAM INEVITABLY FACE WILL IN MANY CASES CAUSE THEM TO FLEE BACK TO THE COMFORT OF THE HERDE. THE REASON FOR SUCH FAILED ATTEMPTS OCCUR LARGELY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ONLY SEE THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF SUFFERING. THEY THINK SUFFERING IS EVIL, BECAUSE IT IS UNPLEASANT AND PAINFUL BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS UNPLEASANT, DOESN’T MEAN IT LACKS VALUE. ONE CAN ONLY GAIN WISDOM AND GROWTH BY FACING PAIN AND SUFFERING AND NOT BY ENGAGING IN PLEASANT HEDONISTIC ACTIVITIES. IN THE END IT IS WISDOM AND GROWTH, WHICH WILL PROVIDE LONGER LASTING HAPPINESS THAN ANYTHING ELSE EVER COULD. PAIN AND PLEASURE ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED. HE WHO WANTS THE GREATEST POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF THE ONE MUST ALSO HAVE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF THE OTHER. IN OTHER WORDS: IN ORDER TO REALIZE ONES DREAM AND PURPOSE TO LIFE ONE MUST SEEK OUT PAIN AND SUFFERING AND TO UTIIZE IT TO ONES ADVANTAGE. SUCH INDIVIDUALS WILL SOON NOTICE THAT THEIR MINDSET IS CHANGING. THEY ARE NO LONGER BLINDED BY AN ILLUSION AND KNOW HOW BRUTAL LIFE CAN BE. IT ALSO TAKES COURAGE AND AN INNER BATTLEFIELD TO CONSTANTLY STRUGGLE TOWARDS THE REALIZATION OF ONES DREAMS. THEY WILL INEVITABLY BECOME MELANCHOLIC AND DEPRESSED FOLLOWING THIS PATH AS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEEK OUT PAIN AND REMAIN WITHOUT SCARS. IF YOU GAZE LONG ENOUGH INTO AN ABYSS, THE ABYSS WILL GAZE BACK INTO YOU OR THE ONE THAT KNOWS THE MOST WILL SUFFER THE MOST. MELANCHOLY AND SADNESS HAVE BECOME THE SIGNATURE AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS. THEY ARE NO LONGER LIVING AN ILLUSIONS FULL OF MEANINGLESS SUFFERING. THEY TRULY HAVE BECOME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMANS AND THAT IS WHY THE VERY TASK OF BECOMING “HUMAN” IS A TRULY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.