Captain.Heroin
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Purpose and meaning are largely elusive to the human soul; this is a part of absurdism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life
I normally don't just link to wiki's but this is quite involved and I do like the work put into the page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life#Ancient_Greek_philosophy
is probably the most relevant section.
Cyrenaicism is largely going to be a subconscious reality or gravitational attraction for most of us here, I think. Epicureanism is an ideal humans strive for but find lacking in the modern world.
Whether life even has meaning is debatable itself, i.e. absurdism.
Not enough mind-power is put into observing meaning of life. I have been struggling with absurdism for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life#Popular_views
is probably most relevant to everyone asking this question; put most simply, etc.
"To achieve biological perfection" = yes people really believe this. I have met and encounter people who sincerely tell me things like this and I respect their opinions but it is quite lost on me. "to realize one's own potentials and ideals" makes a lot more sense to me. "To seek wisdom/knowledge" seems significant too. "To do good/the right thing" is also a good choice.
More preposterous ideas which I'm sure many of us have subconsciously weighed on/off before
The second bullet point is profoundly and grotesquely presented in the horror movie Martyrs. The third bullet point is lost on someone like me who deeply considers meaning of life philosophy during psychedelic trips. "Was this worth it, was this real, what was I doing this all for" are important questions individuals should ask themselves frequently throughout life. But it can be terrifying and I understand someone who doesn't want to think about such matters. It's still lost on me though. The fourth bullet point doesn't even make sense to me.
This is more akin to "life is suffering" in Buddhist philosophy; this actually makes a lot more sense than NOT TRYING to seek out meaning of life or DELIBERATELY IGNORING IT. At least to me.
If anyone does believe in anything I can't fathom please enlighten me, I don't mind other perspectives and thoroughly enjoy this subject.
I bolded this last part; very fantastic thought.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life
I normally don't just link to wiki's but this is quite involved and I do like the work put into the page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life#Ancient_Greek_philosophy
is probably the most relevant section.
Cyrenaicism is largely going to be a subconscious reality or gravitational attraction for most of us here, I think. Epicureanism is an ideal humans strive for but find lacking in the modern world.
Whether life even has meaning is debatable itself, i.e. absurdism.
Not enough mind-power is put into observing meaning of life. I have been struggling with absurdism for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life#Popular_views
is probably most relevant to everyone asking this question; put most simply, etc.
"To achieve biological perfection" = yes people really believe this. I have met and encounter people who sincerely tell me things like this and I respect their opinions but it is quite lost on me. "to realize one's own potentials and ideals" makes a lot more sense to me. "To seek wisdom/knowledge" seems significant too. "To do good/the right thing" is also a good choice.
More preposterous ideas which I'm sure many of us have subconsciously weighed on/off before
One should not seek to know and understand the meaning of life
- The answer to the meaning of life is too profound to be known and understood.[171]
- You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.[143]
- The meaning of life is to forget about the search for the meaning of life.[143]
- Ultimately, a person should not ask what the meaning of their life is, but rather must recognize that it is they themselves who are asked. In a word, each person is questioned by life; and they can only answer to life by answering for their own life; to life they can only respond by being responsible.
The second bullet point is profoundly and grotesquely presented in the horror movie Martyrs. The third bullet point is lost on someone like me who deeply considers meaning of life philosophy during psychedelic trips. "Was this worth it, was this real, what was I doing this all for" are important questions individuals should ask themselves frequently throughout life. But it can be terrifying and I understand someone who doesn't want to think about such matters. It's still lost on me though. The fourth bullet point doesn't even make sense to me.
Antinatalism
- Antinatalism is a philosophy which posits that people will always experience pain or harm which outweighs any pleasure.[212] Life is bad and therefore not coming into existence means people will not experience pain, nor will they be disadvantaged by not experiencing pleasure as they do not exist.[212] This is described as the asymmetry of pleasure and pain.[212]
This is more akin to "life is suffering" in Buddhist philosophy; this actually makes a lot more sense than NOT TRYING to seek out meaning of life or DELIBERATELY IGNORING IT. At least to me.
If anyone does believe in anything I can't fathom please enlighten me, I don't mind other perspectives and thoroughly enjoy this subject.
I bolded this last part; very fantastic thought.