2006-07-01 16:37:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Anything, why do we discipline ourselves to help others ? What motivates a person to succeed; when is a success an 'it' ?
Therefore anything ... due to the yahoo gunshots I'm forming a hypothesis; I'll let you know about the turnout.
2006-07-01 16:42:35 · update #1
I believe some of you are gaming for points.
2006-07-01 16:45:35 · update #2
Not sure I understand the question, but I'll give it a shot. You're aiming at the crux of existentialism: life is meaningless, nothing can change, so why bother? There are two ways of looking at this conclusion: you can feel anguish at the realization that your life is meaningless, or you can feel relieved. Cool, you don't really have any responsibilities, you can just relax and enjoy your life for it's own sake. Camus believed one must create one's own sense of life by being engaged, that is, by being involved in your life and making an effort to succeed/make a difference, whatever, it becomes meaningful.
Nieztche said, "God is dead," not meaning physically, but simply that our society has outgrown the need for God, and that we are self-sufficient now. We must strive to be "supermen," in a sense ("men" being gender-neutral here), because now that we as a society no longer needs God, we no longer have Him. Perhaps God only existed in the first place because we believed in Him, because we needed to. Now that we no longer have Him (on a cultural level), we must make it so that we no longer need Him on an individual level. This is just another way in which we give ourselves a meaning.
2006-07-01 16:54:38 · answer #1 · answered by Cyn90 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no.
i think subconciously we know that.
but we choose not to accept it because it's what keeps our lives interesting. if we just decided that nothing really mattered we would stop doing anything and there would be no purpose to life.
in the long run, a lot of things we do don't matter.
i could freak out about whether or not i go out this friday or if i buy a new car. but two years from now those decisions are going to mean nothing to me.
and after i die. it's gonna matter even less if at all.
2006-07-02 03:31:50 · answer #2 · answered by kat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
believing gives you a starting point, a motivation, a reason. it is the answer you have not figured out yet, but you don´t hope you ever will. when nothing else helps, believing is your spare tire.
For many it is the only thing they know. So, i think it only comes down to ¨Credendo vides¨.
2006-07-02 07:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by Lizzie Black 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If NOTHING mattered...
wouldn't that be the best case for suicide?
Anyone who continues to exist has some "meaning" in their life.
Yes, of course I think what I believe, live, dream matters.
The alternative is total nihilism.
Which is the attitude of about 1/2 the whole planet -.-
Please pick your head up high and blow your brains out.
2006-07-01 23:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humanity?
2006-07-02 01:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing makes a ratsass of difference. You can do this and you can do that but you are still going to die ! Some now some later.
2006-07-01 23:43:06 · answer #6 · answered by sonny_too_much 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in lots of things and it does matter in what I believe.
2006-07-01 23:40:00 · answer #7 · answered by Neilman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To believe or not to be live is the question and I be live in my answer.
2006-07-01 23:41:01 · answer #8 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-01 23:39:45 · answer #9 · answered by wolfman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup and i believe there is meaning in everything
2006-07-01 23:41:45 · answer #10 · answered by gumby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋