The Meaning of Life

At left is what Noam Chomsky said on this subject when he was a much younger man.

Note that this is the essence of what it means to be an existentialist.  First, we exist.  We make choices, and those choices define who we are.

There are people who believe they can get around this fundamental truth by saying, for example, “I’m a Christian, and I following the teachings of the bible.”  Yes, but you chose to follow those teachings.

This is what existentialists mean when they say that we’re “condemned to be free.”  There is no escaping our freedom.

To me, there is a certain beauty here.