What do we live for?

ferenk · 09-29-2007, 02:41 PM

Is there an universal aim that animates each of us within its existence? If not, it's the unity of human kind that is broken and lost, as one's life cannot be understood by another. Besides, must this goal also be defined as the cause of our lives, in an Aristotelician way?

dusio · 09-30-2007, 08:10 PM

I can think about one thing now: "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"...

But if we omit the humorous part of my answer - live itself has no meaning at all. We live just like the other creatures... But we are also the owners of the most powerful brain on this globe, so I see no obstructions to create our own meaning. There is no universal meaning. Protagoras is right about one thing for sure: " man is the measure af all things"... So...the rest is silence...

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ferenk Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 54 ferenk is an unknown character at this point	What do we live for? Is there an universal aim that animates each of us within its existence? If not, it's the unity of human kind that is broken and lost, as one's life cannot be understood by another. Besides, must this goal also be defined as the cause of our lives, in an Aristotelician way?
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09-30-2007, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
dusio Only death is certain... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: I live in Poland Posts: 903 dusio is learning to walk	:) I can think about one thing now: "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"... But if we omit the humorous part of my answer - live itself has no meaning at all. We live just like the other creatures... But we are also the owners of the most powerful brain on this globe, so I see no obstructions to create our own meaning. There is no universal meaning. Protagoras is right about one thing for sure: " man is the measure af all things"... So...the rest is silence...
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