Would life be complete without sadness?

Answer 1

Life would definitely not be complete without sadness. Without sadness, you might think that you would be happy all of the time. You might have the appearance of being happy by our current standards but you would have no way of knowing what you have because there would be no standard against which to measure your attitude. In addition, if you are happy all of the time without any change, you run a high risk of boredom. There would be no changes to look forward to.

Let's look at the question in physical terms. If everyone is rich and always walks around with a million dollars in his/her pocket, then nobody is really rich because there is no poverty to measure against. Similarly, if everybody is poor and has no money or property, then nobody is poor because there is nothing for anybody to see that he or she is missing.

We need contrasts to measure against or what we have (or don't have) is meaningless.

Answer 2

No, life needs balance. You know the ying yang. With happiness there needs to be equal opposing force, sadness. Think about it this way, you've seen the movies with the 'perfect' family. They aren't really perfect. If people were happy all the time then there would be no purpose in living. Life's main purpose is to strive to learn and aspire.
I know and you know that life wouldn't feel right without it. I mean, personally, I'd rather be sad at times and get better, rather than wake up, eat, sleep, same old routine everyday. I'd go crazy.

Answer 3

I don't generally answer these kinds of questions, because I don't have a lot of "expertise" in philosophy. But, on this occasion, I think I am compelled to answer, with the best of my non-knowledge. As much as I would like to think that having a life with "no" sadness would be perfect, I know from my 50 some years, that that is virtually impossible. Sadness can do a lot of things for the human spirit.. It makes you appreciate the the "happy" times. It can make you humble. It makes you appreciate what you have and what you don't have. It reminds you that you are mortal. We all have sad times in our lives, whether we like it or not, whether we can change it or not. The best we can do, is to learn from our sadness. Learn what will make us happy. And then make it happen.

Answer 4

Life isn't complete with or without anything. 'Completeness' is just a subjective fabrication of the mind. Sisyphus, after all, was happy, despite his tormenting predicament, by concentrating on his freedom, his refusal to hope, and his knowledge of the absurdity of his situation.

'Sadness' is merely the result of unconscious torment. That is, following the repetitive and meaningless tasks of everyday life under the tranquilizing assumption that it is for a purpose; that it will culminate into and 'end'.

But when awaken from this dream, when one becomes conscious of absurdity, one can truly be happy, for one has become liberated from ALL constraints.

Just keep pushing your rock up that hill and be sure to smile on your way down.

Answer 5

well, depends on how you see it:
if you suddenly wipe out all sadness from humans, life would be incomplete cause something we know is missing and even though (normally) we don't like sadness, it's a part of life.

otherwise if sadness didn't exist at all, we'd know nothing about it, and then your question wouldn't be needed :P

Also, gotta keep in mind, what makes life complete? and what is a complete life?

Answer 6

If you are born, you are born with sadness along with other emotions. So if you don't have sadness, you have not been alive (I'm talking to those who will be born). Therefore, it is safe to say no, life is not complete without sadness.

Answer 7

By complete, I'm not sure what you mean. But I think it would be complete but in a superficial and cruel way. If someone you loved died, and you felt no sadness, and everyone went on as if nothing had happened, I would think it would be rather fake.

Answer 8

No because sadness is often the result of empathetic feelings for people you love. If someone in your life is hurting, you feel sad. If you didnt feel empathy for those you love, how could your life be complete? Pax - C

Answer 9

There is no way for us to know. If we lost sadness then yes. But if we had never had it we would not know. The experience of it would never have existed so therefore it would not exist and we wouldn't miss it either because without it that would be impossible.

Answer 10

No, life needs sadness. Life is like a cake and you are the baker.

Here are the ingredients:

An ounce of tears
A pound of reflections
A kilogram of stress
A slice of happiness
A spice of unfairness
A cup of cheers
A bowl of oneself
A spoon of comfort
Chopped glories
Minced errors and mistakes

Procedure:

Bake all of them. Your pan is the world. It's a chance. The fire will be your dedication.