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Ligne n°102 : ... Education’s End: Why Our Colleges And Universities Have Given Up On The- Ligne n°103 : Meaning of Life by Anthony Kronman
Ligne n°128 : ... satisfaction we get from our daily activities – however mundane or- Ligne n°129 : heroic they may be? Is the meaning of life internal to life, to be
Ligne n°130 : found inherently in life’s many activities, or is it external, to be ...
Ligne n°130 : ... found inherently in life’s many activities, or is it external, to be- Ligne n°131 : found in a realm somehow outside of life, but to which life leads? In
Ligne n°132 : the internal view it’s the satisfaction and happiness we gain from our ...
Ligne n°134 : ... code of conduct. The external interpretation commonly makes the claim- Ligne n°135 : that there is a realm to which life leads after death. Our life on
- Ligne n°135 : that there is a realm to which life leads after death. Our life on
Ligne n°136 : earth is evaluated by a supernatural being some call God, who will ...
Ligne n°166 : ... answer is being looked for. One common rephrasing is “What is it that- Ligne n°167 : makes life worth living?”. There are any number of subjective answers
Ligne n°168 : to this question. Think of all the reasons why you are glad you are ...
Ligne n°179 : ... like to think there is a higher purpose provided for us, perhaps by a- Ligne n°180 : creator. It is a matter of debate whether this would make life a thing
Ligne n°181 : of greater value or turn us into the equivalent of rats in a laboratory ...
Ligne n°183 : ... to wanton boys we are to the gods – they kill us for their sport.” But- Ligne n°184 : why does there have to be a purpose to life separate from those
Ligne n°185 : purposes generated within it? The idea that life needs no external ...
Ligne n°184 : ... why does there have to be a purpose to life separate from those- Ligne n°185 : purposes generated within it? The idea that life needs no external
Ligne n°186 : justification has been described movingly by Richard Taylor. Our ...
Ligne n°189 : ... here?” sense of the question there is no answer. It would be wrong,- Ligne n°190 : however, to conclude that life is meaningless. Life is meaningful to
- Ligne n°190 : however, to conclude that life is meaningless. Life is meaningful to
Ligne n°191 : humans, therefore it has meaning. ...
Ligne n°231 : ... of this kind of personal growth, but contributes to it, we can call- Ligne n°232 : this balance maturity. Surely the goal or meaning of human life is
Ligne n°233 : therefore none other than finding oneself becoming a mature adult free ...
Ligne n°244 : ... answer to the question. What seems inescapable is that there is no- Ligne n°245 : meaning associated with life other than that acquired by our
Ligne n°246 : consciousness, inherited via genes, developed and given content through ...
Ligne n°246 : ... consciousness, inherited via genes, developed and given content through- Ligne n°247 : memes (units of culture). The meanings we believe life to have are then
Ligne n°248 : culturally and individually diverse. They may be imposed through ...- Ligne n°264 : The meaning of life for individuals may diminish or fade as a
Ligne n°265 : consequence of decline or difficult or tragic circumstances. Here it ...
Ligne n°265 : ... consequence of decline or difficult or tragic circumstances. Here it- Ligne n°266 : might, sadly, be difficult to see any meaning of life at all. The
Ligne n°267 : meaning is also likely to change from one phase of life to another, due ...
Ligne n°266 : ... might, sadly, be difficult to see any meaning of life at all. The- Ligne n°267 : meaning is also likely to change from one phase of life to another, due
Ligne n°268 : to personal development, new interests, contexts, commitments and ...
Ligne n°277 : ... piece of knowledge, almost everything that seems important in our- Ligne n°278 : modern lives. All that’s left is simply existence. Life is existence:
Ligne n°279 : it seems ‘good’ to be part of life. But really that’s your lot! We ...
Ligne n°318 : ... whilst there is no single meaning of life, every person can live their- Ligne n°319 : life in a way which brings them as much fulfilment and contentment as
Ligne n°320 : possible. To use utilitarian language, the best that one can hope for ...
Ligne n°320 : ... possible. To use utilitarian language, the best that one can hope for- Ligne n°321 : is a life which contains as great an excess of pleasure over pain as
Ligne n°322 : possible, or alternatively, a life in which as least time as possible ...
Ligne n°321 : ... is a life which contains as great an excess of pleasure over pain as- Ligne n°322 : possible, or alternatively, a life in which as least time as possible
Ligne n°323 : is devoted to activities which do not stimulate, or which do nothing to ...- Ligne n°329 : The meaning of life is not being dead.
- Ligne n°334 : The question is tricky because of its hidden premise that life has
Ligne n°335 : meaning per se. A perfectly rational if discomforting position is given ...
Ligne n°345 : ... then fill in the contours and colours? Is meaning always identical with- Ligne n°346 : purpose? I might decide to dedicate my life to answering this
Ligne n°347 : particular question, granting myself an autonomously devised purpose. ...
Ligne n°348 : ... But is this identical with the meaning of my life? Or can I live a- Ligne n°349 : meaningless life with purpose? Or shall meaning be defined by purpose?
Ligne n°350 : Some metaphysics offer exactly this corollary – that in pursuing one’s ...- Ligne n°359 : One thing one can hardly fail to notice about life is that it is
Ligne n°360 : self-perpetuating. Palaeontology tells us that life has been ...
Ligne n°359 : ... One thing one can hardly fail to notice about life is that it is- Ligne n°360 : self-perpetuating. Palaeontology tells us that life has been
Ligne n°361 : perpetuating itself for billions of years. What is the secret of this ...
Ligne n°361 : ... perpetuating itself for billions of years. What is the secret of this- Ligne n°362 : stunning success? Through natural selection, life forms adapt to their
Ligne n°363 : environment, and in the process they acquire, one might say they ...
Ligne n°366 : ... process of acquiring knowledge.” According to this interpretation of- Ligne n°367 : evolution, the very essence of life (its meaning?) is the pursuit of
Ligne n°368 : knowledge: knowledge about the real world that is constantly tested ...
Ligne n°369 : ... against that world. What works and is in that sense ‘true’, is- Ligne n°370 : perpetuated. Life is tried and proven knowledge that has withstood the
Ligne n°371 : test of geological time. From this perspective, adopting the pursuit of ...
Ligne n°371 : ... test of geological time. From this perspective, adopting the pursuit of- Ligne n°372 : knowledge as a possible meaning of one’s life seems, literally, a
Ligne n°373 : natural choice. The history of science and philosophy is full of ...- Ligne n°381 : Life is a stage and we are the actors, said William Shakespeare,
Ligne n°382 : possibly recognizing that life quite automatically tells a story just ...
Ligne n°381 : ... Life is a stage and we are the actors, said William Shakespeare,- Ligne n°382 : possibly recognizing that life quite automatically tells a story just
Ligne n°383 : as any play tells a story. But we are more than just actors; we are the ...
Ligne n°384 : ... playwright too, creating new script with our imaginations as we act in- Ligne n°385 : the ongoing play. Life is therefore storytelling. So the meaning of
Ligne n°386 : life is like the meaning of ‘the play’ in principle: not a single play ...
Ligne n°385 : ... the ongoing play. Life is therefore storytelling. So the meaning of- Ligne n°386 : life is like the meaning of ‘the play’ in principle: not a single play
Ligne n°387 : with its plot and underlying values and information, but the meaning ...
Ligne n°398 : ... Liberty is the freedom to think and to create. “Give me liberty or give- Ligne n°399 : me death,” said Patrick Henry, for without liberty life has no
Ligne n°400 : meaningful purpose. But with liberty life is a joy. Therefore liberty ...
Ligne n°399 : ... me death,” said Patrick Henry, for without liberty life has no- Ligne n°400 : meaningful purpose. But with liberty life is a joy. Therefore liberty
Ligne n°401 : is the meaning of life. ...- Ligne n°406 : The meaning of life is understood according to the beliefs that people
Ligne n°407 : adhere to. However, all human belief systems are accurate or inaccurate ...
Ligne n°412 : ... tomorrow. Belief systems, be they religious or secular, are therefore- Ligne n°413 : arbitrary. If the meaning of life is wanted, a meaning that will
Ligne n°414 : transcend the test of time or the particulars of individual beliefs, ...
Ligne n°416 : ... made. So in order to eliminate the arbitrary, belief systems must be- Ligne n°417 : set aside. Otherwise, the meaning of life could not be determined.
- Ligne n°419 : Objectively however, life has no meaning because meaning or
Ligne n°420 : significance cannot be obtained without reference to some (arbitrary) ...
Ligne n°424 : ... has no meaning, but is merely a thing; a set of facts that, in and of- Ligne n°425 : themselves, are silent as to what they mean. Life consists of a series
Ligne n°426 : of occurrences in an infinite now, divorced of meaning except for what ...
Ligne n°427 : ... may be ascribed by constructed belief systems. Without such beliefs,- Ligne n°428 : for many the meaning of life is nothing.
- Ligne n°430 : Surely, however, life means something. And indeed it does when an
Ligne n°431 : individual willfully directs his/her consciousness at an aspect of ...
Ligne n°434 : ... giving creative expression to what may be ephemeral insights. Stated- Ligne n°435 : another way, the meaning of life is an individual’s acts of creation.
Ligne n°436 : What, exactly is created, be it artistic or scientific, may speak to ...
Ligne n°449 : ... I will say ‘best purpose.’ So what is the best purpose for which I can- Ligne n°450 : live my life? The best purpose for which I can live my life is,
Ligne n°451 : refusing all the easy ways to destroy. This is not as simple as it ...
Ligne n°451 : ... refusing all the easy ways to destroy. This is not as simple as it- Ligne n°452 : sounds. Refusing to destroy life – to murder – wouldn’t just depend on
Ligne n°453 : our lack of homicidal impulses, but also on our willingness to devote ...
Ligne n°510 : ... believe we are nothing more than physics and chemistry, death- Ligne n°511 : terminates our life once and for all. There is no God, there is no
Ligne n°512 : eternal life. But optimistically, there is the joy of realising that we ...
Ligne n°515 : ... disease, starvation, poverty and environmental degradation, we can all- Ligne n°516 : conspire to improve life and celebrate not only its survival on this
Ligne n°517 : planet, but also its proliferation. So the purpose of life is just ...
Ligne n°516 : ... conspire to improve life and celebrate not only its survival on this- Ligne n°517 : planet, but also its proliferation. So the purpose of life is just
Ligne n°518 : that: to involve all living things in the common purpose of promoting ...
Ligne n°531 : ... question. When someone asks “What is the meaning of life?,” they may- Ligne n°532 : mean “What makes life meaningful?” This is a question I believe one can
Ligne n°533 : get a grip on without developing a systematic philosophy. ...
Ligne n°541 : ... make more money. These goal-oriented pursuits are not meaningful or- Ligne n°542 : significant in themselves. What makes a life filled with them either
Ligne n°543 : significant or insignificant is reflecting on why one pursues those ...
Ligne n°544 : ... goals. This is second-order reflection; reflection on why one lives the- Ligne n°545 : way one does. But it puts one in a position to say that one’s life has
Ligne n°546 : meaning or does not. ...- Ligne n°548 : One discovers this meaning or significance by evaluating one’s life and
Ligne n°549 : meditating on it; by taking a step back from the everyday and thinking ...
Ligne n°549 : ... meditating on it; by taking a step back from the everyday and thinking- Ligne n°550 : about one’s life in a different way. If one doesn’t do this, then one’s
Ligne n°551 : life has no meaning or significance. And that isn’t because one has the ...
Ligne n°550 : ... about one’s life in a different way. If one doesn’t do this, then one’s- Ligne n°551 : life has no meaning or significance. And that isn’t because one has the
Ligne n°552 : wrong sorts of goals or ends, but rather has failed to take up the ...
Ligne n°553 : ... right sort of reflective perspective on one’s life. This comes close to- Ligne n°554 : Socrates’ famous saying that the unexamined life is not worth living. I
Ligne n°555 : would venture to say that the unexamined life has no meaning. ...
Ligne n°554 : ... Socrates’ famous saying that the unexamined life is not worth living. I- Ligne n°555 : would venture to say that the unexamined life has no meaning.
Ligne n°570 : ... this survival requires food, drink, rest and procreation. In this way,- Ligne n°571 : the meaning of life could be to continue the process of evolution. This
Ligne n°572 : is manifested in the modern world as the daily grind. ...- Ligne n°587 : The meaning of life may never be definitively known. The meaning of
Ligne n°588 : life may be different for each individual and/or each species. The ...
Ligne n°587 : ... The meaning of life may never be definitively known. The meaning of- Ligne n°588 : life may be different for each individual and/or each species. The
Ligne n°589 : truth of the meaning of life is likely in the eye of the beholder. ...
Ligne n°588 : ... life may be different for each individual and/or each species. The- Ligne n°589 : truth of the meaning of life is likely in the eye of the beholder.
Ligne n°590 : There were three choices given at the beginning of this essay, and for ...