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15 maj 2007 · When the topic of the meaning of life comes up, people tend to pose one of three questions: “What are you talking about?”, “What is the meaning of life?”, and “Is life in fact meaningful?”.
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I love doing philosophy (or being a father). I love my dog...
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This article considers several questions concerning the...
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Aristotle is raising a problem that he does not attempt to...
- Intrinsic Vs. Extrinsic Value
Intrinsic value has traditionally been thought to lie at the...
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Chętnie wyświetlilibyśmy opis, ale witryna, którą oglądasz,...
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16 lut 2012 · For Aristotle the meaning of life is eudaimonia. I believe that Aristotle discovered something really fundamental about human beings when he thought about what makes them happy, what they want out of life and how they wish to organise society to achieve it.
1 sty 2021 · In the Ethics, Aristotle (d. 322 BCE) tries to discover what is "the supreme good for man," that is, what is the best way to lead our life and give it meaning. For Aristotle, a thing...
15 maj 2007 · Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an answer to the question of what, if anything, makes life meaningful, although they typically have not put it in these terms. Consider, for instance, Aristotle on the human function, Aquinas on the beatific vision, and Kant on the highest good.
19 gru 2013 · Aristotle says that living well is the final end for humans; it is not a means to anything else. Aristotle thinks this is obvious because few people want to live poorly. But now another question arises: don’t people differ about what constitutes a good life?
Aristotle is the first philosopher on record to subject the meaning of life to systematic philosophical examination: he approaches the issue from logical, psychological, biological, and anthropological perspectives in some of ...
The first Western philosopher to link the ideas of life and meaning, and to ask expressly “What is the meaning of life?” was the great German pessimist Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860). At least he was the first to ask the question and get it noticed by other philosophers.
