"What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is there any sense then, you ask, in putting it? I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life."
2006-11-23 04:37:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Excellent question.
Basically, by searching for some meaning in our existence, we are, in fact, elevating ourselves out of the physical and into the realm of the metaphysical... and I don't mean ghosts and spirits.
If we cease to seek, we cease to use our most important asset... our minds. Like a muscle, if our mind is not used to seek answers (or more questions), it will atrophy and we will no longer make any kind of possibly-lasting contribution to mankind as a whole or even just our piece of it. And if we are unable to make such contributions, no matter how minute, we have lost the biological value of life.
They may not have been what he meant, but it is how I see it in my mind.
2006-11-23 04:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by LadyDragon 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Regarding your life and the life of fellow creatures as "meaningless" is not necessarily the same as viewing your life and the life of fellow creatures in a way that does not include religion.
For example, a person can find plenty of meaning in their life without beleiving in any sort of God and thinking everything happened by chance. I'm not a complete athiest- (I'm too open-minded to stop questiontioning whether there just might be a creator)- and contemplating a worldview that all life occurred with no direction from a god doesn't threaten to rob my life of any meaning at all. I find meaning that comes from myself- just because a god didn't put me here doesn't mean I don't intend to live life to its fullest and protect the lives of others, because I love life itself, be it explicaple by religions or not.
It is possible to see life as meaningless, too, and I'm sure there are athiests and also religious people out there who are clinically depressed or just very cynical and truly feel life is meaningless. They are unfortunate, but are they disqualified from life? Well, is a person disqualified from anything else they don't appreciate? Like family, the convenience brought by miracles of technology, the fact they aren't starving and homeless in a third-world country? Hmmm... it's something to think about, because I don't know the answer at this time.
2006-11-23 04:52:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, I think it means that all life has a purpose of being here. Whether its the smallest, dismal task or the most outrageous one, all kinds of life exsists for a purpose. Also, adding on to that; all life has a purpose of helping out other kinds of life as in before helping do a task so that other life can or cannot benefit from it. It mostly on a point-of-view idea
2006-11-23 04:52:09 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin_Widing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have to agree with this one, because living life itself is meaningful enough to live it. In that case, a meaningless one disqualifies itself because they don't see a sense of purpose in their life.
2006-11-23 09:36:17 · answer #4 · answered by anna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
einstien is absolutely right.according 2 my point of view,life is a gift of GOD and GOD has created man 2 bow before HIM and 2 think over and discover the hidden laws of nature.no one has got the right to regard other's life meaningless if he has got no purpose of life..............!
2006-11-23 04:50:13 · answer #5 · answered by cool 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋