the value of life depreciates as you go on after your 20s.
you get older, your health worsens, and you have already lived some of life. all you gain is experience and age.
does the shortness of life give it value?
2007-12-10 15:57:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
your question makes no sense...if you hypothesize that the shortness of life gives it value, then as you get older, your life would get shorter, and therefore more valuable...
because young people have such long lives ahead of them, they are pretty much worthless...
2007-12-10 20:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by sunflowerpinwheel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disagree. Dude, it's when you grow old that you have a real grasp of this life here. You get a deeper insight as you would have already acquired a significant amount of experience of life. This experience should be an example to future generations, and not just a souvenir. Good examples should be set for future generations to come and it goes on and on.
If you think you're getting older, it's only in appearance and thought. If you think your health is worsening, it's only the result of what you have been consuming and how you have been looking after yourself till now.
Living life large does not stop at a certain age. In fact, true life starts at 40!
2007-12-10 22:24:23 · answer #2 · answered by World Vision 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is valued is to what you think is most valuable.
You only lived SOME of your life.
What you take from what you've gain from age and experiences is up to you. You can excel with it or just live with it.
Because life is so short, don't take what you value most for granted.
I disagree that the value of life depreciates as you grow, I think that you should only become more appreciative of it since you realize that time is slowly running out. Reaching your mid twenties doesn't mean that your life has stopped and there's nothing left, it only means you have another 20+ years to live it to the fullest.
2007-12-10 16:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by GiRLfrM510 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disagree.
Of course you gain is experience and age but that's what makes it exciting. 20 years isn't enough to live a life. There's too much to see and too many people to meet and so many things to do. Health is just a physical being, there's so many things to learn.
Shortness of life is just that, it's short and it has value but it can have more with age.
2007-12-10 17:05:22 · answer #4 · answered by k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disagree. The longer you live the more able you are to appreciate the things you so love when you're young and only THINK you appreciate at a young age, such as sex. Sex is wonderful, but you can't really appreciate it until you are older and know the value of foreplay and after play; you know the meaning of hugging and cuddling, even when sexual intercourse might not be possible. When you go outside first thing in the morning you appreciate the beauty of the sunrise more than you did when you were young. You normally learn patience as you get older and can sit and listen to someone even older than you are as they reminisce and appreciate their wisdom as told in their stories.
I'm sure that, as most of us have, as you get older you will say "I wish I was such-and-such age and knew then what I know now"--and then you will understand how wisdom comes with age. You can't have both.
There is only one certainty when you are born: You will just as surely die.
2007-12-11 03:35:02 · answer #5 · answered by LadyBug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how can you say the value of life depreciates when you are not even sure that life has a value.
some may define value of life by the very thing you do not approve of, that is, experience, hence to them value of life does not depreciate.
2007-12-10 16:14:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me tell you something: growing older ain't for wusses or sissies. Sure, one's physical abilities decline with advancing age - but to arbitrarily count someone out before they're 60 is just dumb. A great many of humankind's richest blessings come from older folks, including those well beyond 60.
2007-12-10 16:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disagree. I think that's when the value of your life begins because you get married and have kids, watch them grow up and have kids of their own, etc. To me, that's much more valuable than the way my 20's have turned out.
2007-12-10 16:05:39 · answer #8 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
disagree
there are many things that make the years beyond 20 worth it or even better than before.
like having kids
knowledge can be gained by study, but wisdom only comes from experience
2007-12-10 16:21:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you value.
2007-12-10 17:23:26 · answer #10 · answered by A F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋