2007-05-17 12:40:53 · 10 answers · asked by Steamtrain Maury 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We humans have the need for our lives to have worth. We deceive ourselves when we equate our achievements with our worth. We humans have a tremendous capacity for self deception.
2007-05-17 14:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because it's impermanent and there is an ego to feed, and we know that only the ego really dies, so there is not too much time an we have to achieve power, glory, immortality through politics, economics, art, literature, or simply through actions so that a part of this ego could actually be saved by history and memory.
2007-05-17 16:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by Jerdo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The impermanence of life IS why we have to be so ambitious - our opportunities to accomplish anything (such as doing good in the world) are limited.
2007-05-17 12:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by Mother Amethyst 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our bodies are built to do daily exercise. Our bodies do not think about "how long we have to live," our bodies only know, when we exercise, we feel great!! So we exercise, right up to the end. Happy and healthy. We call tham ambition.
2007-05-17 14:06:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its a mirage that everybody is following........ everybody come to know about it at death bed that how much i m taking with me........ actually nothing..... like alexander the great told that keep my hands out of grave so that everybody should know that i m going empty handed
2007-05-17 19:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by all a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so we can make the best of what little time we do have , so we can live to the fullest like we were ment to
2007-05-17 12:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by brooke_rocks_16 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because we want to end this life with a bang!
2007-05-17 12:44:09 · answer #7 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same as the last answer... with the addition of imagine if life wasn't limited... without the urgency... things........ would ..........probably ............progress.................much ...............slower!
Peace
2007-05-17 13:03:29 · answer #8 · answered by zingis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
legacy is our immortality.
2007-05-17 12:48:11 · answer #9 · answered by rusalka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're stupid.
2007-05-17 12:56:28 · answer #10 · answered by shmux 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋