2007-06-08 04:54:40 · 13 answers · asked by shafi s 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Why not?
2007-06-08 04:58:25 · answer #1 · answered by arkansaszippers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of COURSE there are limits. Just because you may not see them, it doesn't mean they're not there.
One first limit is imagination. Nobody wants what they cannot possibly concieve of. Do you think Aristotle wanted a computer? He would have definitely used one! So too even you or I can't concretely desire all kinds of things we've never heard or thought of. It's not a big limit, but it's a limit nonetheless.
Another limit is the cost of wanting things. There are only so many hours in the day, and some of them must be spent doing things that keep you alive. Even if it only takes fraction of a second to form a desire for something, then that is still a limit. Again, maybe not a big one. But a limit nonetheless.
Beyond that, the sky is probably the limit. And the reason why THAT would be is simply because wants have no physical reality. They are like math. There is no limit to numbers, and there is no limit to wants. They only exist in your mind and they only existance they have is what YOU allow them. Perhaps they describe something real, or perhaps not. Perhaps it doesn't even matter.
That's my take on it anyway, for what it's worth. Peace.
2007-06-08 05:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original basic nature of the 'inner' being is of a boundless one. Now that it is 'trapped' in a limited identity, it seeks to expand. The manifestation of this effort to expand takes the form of a 'human want' again driven by the 'desire' to expand this limited identification. And endless pursuit indeed. Some time or other, when tired enough , of chasing these wants, a person would slowly turn inwards, and then the re-discovery of true nature of self unveils ! It requires good fortune to be guided by a genuine master when such looking inwards begins.
The famous ancient Indian author of Yoga, Patanjali therefore begins his book in a strange looking manner "And now yoga... " ( meaning, when nothing else seems to work, now time for Yoga - the 'union' with the limitless inner nature)
2007-06-08 06:52:47 · answer #3 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe that there is a limit to human wants. That limit may only be reached at death, but that is still a limit.
But most people who are unable to limit or control their own passions and desires have a psychological issue preventing them from stopping - alcoholism, nymphomania, gluttony, or some type of anti social psychosis
2007-06-08 05:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by FIGJAM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limit is a conscious perceptional error based on narrow reasoning for the sake of its opposite; which is truer and unlimited. Pardon my wording!0!
Good luck with that!
2007-06-08 05:17:01 · answer #5 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a limit. It lies between what is visualized and what is practical.
2007-06-08 05:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because humans are greedy.
2007-06-08 05:07:11 · answer #7 · answered by ghrsharrypotter4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that leads back to the 2 questions---what is the meaning of life? and why do we exist?
2007-06-08 05:26:58 · answer #8 · answered by Minty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
subjogate one want and all wants are sobjogated
sobjogate your mind and you are free
mind is illuding
thoughts are like clouds in the sky at the wind
2007-06-08 05:57:09 · answer #9 · answered by dreaming 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is a game, once you got a goal you look forward for the next one isn´t it?
2007-06-08 05:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by jose m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becasue it there was a limit we would die once we got to our limit cause there would be nothing left of us
2007-06-08 04:59:28 · answer #11 · answered by melissa 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋