"To decide wheter life should be lived or not is to answer the fundamental problem of phylosophy" - Albert Camus What is your interpretation on this ?
2006-12-10 01:08:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If you ask someone who is dying whether or not life should be lived, you will usually find that they want to live, sometimes despite great pain. Living is what we do, our purpose. Life is what we are.
2006-12-10 01:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My first response would be given the only available other option to living what choice is there.
However there are those I know that are living, as in breathing, yet they are not living, they are merely existing.
It fascinates me that the human race places so much thought and concern on the Meaning of Life. Especially when some of those same people believe in the Big Bang theory as opposed to the creation account.
Since I believe in the creation account I am left with no other choice but to believe that this life has a purpose. Why would anyone or any greater being create something with no purpose for that creation?
We are all here for a reason and it is our responsibility to find that reason, or purpose for our existence.
In short;
Life without meaning,
Life without fulfillment,
Life without purpose,
Isn't life it is merely existence
2006-12-10 09:54:16 · answer #2 · answered by drg5609 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since philos is a another word for love the fundamental problem is whether life is worth living without love.
And here one would argue that 1 celled organism and animals do this quite nicely.
So if you don't the difference between life of love and without I don't suppose it matters much. But if you do, well let's just say that's why we have prozac.
2006-12-10 11:17:55 · answer #3 · answered by magic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
regarding the absurd ideas of Camus, the fandation of philosphy relays on the matter of how a person deals with its own existance...
2006-12-10 10:17:34 · answer #4 · answered by Maziar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Camus also said "Happiness too is inevitable" you decide which is right..and which is an illusion (The Moody Blues)
2006-12-10 09:15:57 · answer #5 · answered by Sartoris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just to get the right attitude to life is the essence of philosophy.
2006-12-10 10:01:23 · answer #6 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My take on this is that striving to find the meaning of life IS the meaning of life. As long as we strive to find that meaning (and by striving, we are assuming life HAS meaning) then we shall continue to live.
2006-12-10 09:12:07 · answer #7 · answered by Rebecca 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋