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The Meaning of Life is the Pursuit of Love Heidi Cobham* Abstract. What is the meaning of life? In this paper, I defend the claim that love, either in part or in full, is the answer to this question. As love occupies such an overarching and central position within human existence, I believe it plays a fundamental role in our understanding of life.
- Philosophy for Everyday Life
Abstract. The aim of this essay is two-sided. The first is...
- A Stoic Approach to Living a Meaningful Life - Philosophy of Life
The Stoic approach is clearly teleological, since it...
- Philosophy for Everyday Life
The Meaning of Life. by Richard Taylor (1970) The question whether life has any meaning is difficult to interpret, and the more you concentrate your critical faculty on it the more it seems to elude you, or to evaporate as any intelligible question. You want to turn it aside, as.
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“The meaning of life is to seek union with God”—oh yeah, that one. “A meaningful life is a full and productive life”—sure. “The purpose of life is to pursue the task of giving meaning to life”—thanks a lot. “The meaning of life is love”—yawn. “The meaning of life is spiritual perfection”—the upward and onward trip.
An introduction to concerns expressed by the perennial philosophical question, “What is the meaning of life?” Students will be familiarized with the major philosophical approaches to life’s meaning through a consideration of various contemporary and late modern works in the philosophy of life.
In ordinary discourse as well as philosophy, when we offer justifications for our actions or policies, we seem to have one of these two sorts of models in the backs of our minds. Most often, when asked to explain or justify our choices, we offer reasons that fall under the category of self-interest. When we are trying to persuade someone else to
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Abstract. The aim of this essay is two-sided. The first is to illustrate to what extent philosophy can contribute to our everyday living. The second is to illustrate how. The implicit thesis that I try to unfold in this experimental essay is that these two sides—what and how—constantly intermingle.
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The Stoic approach is clearly teleological, since it determines what our purpose is in virtue of being human. If anything, keeping in line with Socrates’ claim, our purpose is to live meaningful lives. For the Stoic, living meaningfully involves living virtuously.
