In a recent post, Does Life Have Meaning? I wrote about the plethora of recent social media posts on the supposed meaninglessness of our lives. In addition to the other points I made in the original post, this subject appears …
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Does Life Have Meaning?
There seems to be a great number of social media posts recently on the subject of the supposed meaninglessness of our lives. Some people point to what they believe to be an absurd cycle of “eat, work, be entertained, sleep” …
The Meaning of Your Life
Everything’s true here except the conclusion. You are anything but irrelevant. Let’s go with Gandhi on this one: “Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it because you can’t know. You …
The Meaning of Life
FWIW, I side with the existentialists on this matter. I.e., I hold that there is no purpose or meaning to our lives other than that which we convey onto it. Obviously, many people disagree. Some believe God has a plan …
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Environmentalism and 20th Century Philosophy
Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (pictured here) was born on this day in 1905. When I’m asked to define the subject, I say that existentialism is the doctrine that we live in a universe that has no meaning–one that is coldly …
