that has nothing to do with survival?
2007-06-18 06:22:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Just to have some sort of goal--or something to look forward too......Survival is a must--but the extras make it worth while.
2007-06-18 06:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by eeyoree rocks2003 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A person can't just eat bread and water and hope to live another day. You gotta have something more to keep you going. And when a person wants something, even though it is not important to his survival, it keeps the person busy, living life and striving towards a goal.
2007-06-18 06:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by writeaway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would want something if you have a desire or craving for it. We need survival but we also want happiness and we think that 'things' make us happy. The human condition is that we have many cravings and desires so this makes us want many things. But if you are content with the way things are and what you have, you will have no point in wanting something.
This is a buddhist view anyways.
2007-06-18 06:27:48 · answer #3 · answered by Italian Samurai 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither does working a full time job.....whats the point of that?
2007-06-18 06:25:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually, your ego, want to confirm it's existence by "owning" something.
When your ego diminishes, you don't want anything, and you don't need much things.
2007-06-18 06:31:06 · answer #5 · answered by The Catalyst 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wanting is analogous to telling yourself:
"I do not have x, i do not have x, i do not have x...."
The point is that:
You get what you choose in life.
2007-06-18 23:40:34 · answer #6 · answered by driving_blindly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it provides the drive to go out and get it.
2007-06-18 06:27:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is reflective of being, it is mandatory that you experience having it.
2007-06-18 06:27:36 · answer #8 · answered by MysticMaze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋