Category: Meaning of Life

The article I decided to read and master for this week is written by Richard Taylor titled The Meaning of Life on pages 560-569. I think everybody at some point in life will ask the question, what the meaning of life is or what is my purpose. Taylor has a different approach to answering that…

Placing value on a persons life is not measured by the way an individual has lived, but rather, by what the person has gained in his life. The ideas I have towards the meaning of life could be totally separate from the ideas of another. For me, there are many things that make my life…

Throughout his life, Leo Tolstoy pursued perfection in everything he did. He sought to achieve his desires in different fields. He joined Kazan University but left three years later when he established that it did not fulfill his desires. He also joined the army but left as the violence was too much for him. He…

Socrates Worldview The goal of this paper is to accumulate and examine the views of Socrates according to four of the eight fundamental questions. Excerpts from Defence of Socrates, Euthyphro, and Crito by Plato will be used in this essay. The text from Defence of Socrates, Euthyphro, and Crito will be shortened for in-text citations…

Introduction What is the meaning of life? Why do people ask why? Is there life after death? These are all questions that do not have one particular answer and may vary from different life experiences. The main purpose of this report is to explain and explore the different answers to these questions and develop a…

Introduction What is the meaning of life? Why do people ask why? Is there life after death? These are all questions that do not have one particular answer and may vary from different life experiences. The main purpose of this report is to explain and explore the different answers to these questions and develop a…

In the words of the sage Ashtakvarga: Bondage is created when the mind needs something or it grieves for something, rejects or holds on to something or it is pleased or displeased about something. Liberation is when the mind is no longer attached to anything. The human body undergoes a transformation from a newborn to…

In the essay titled On the Vanity of Existence, author and philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer examines the meaning of life in accordance with the past, present and future. He comes to the conclusion that in order for us to live a meaningful life and our best life, we have to spend our time focusing on the…

One quote that stuck out to me stated by Henry Adams was ‘An educator influences time everlasting; he can never tell where his impact stops.’ This quote helps express the bond and connections between Mitch and Morrie, our main characters in the novel. ALS, which is short for Amyotrophic sideline sclerosis and known as Lou…

Whats my purpose in living? Do I live in the true essence of life? Or does, I live just to live life? Life defined as an existence of a person to experience the world. The world where we, human beings, live, seeking ourselves and purposes. Eager to learn new experiences and knowing the true virtue.…