Meaningless Life In Richard Taylor's Purpose Of Life
Richard Taylor states that before he addresses the purpose of life, he must first describe a meaningless life. A meaningless is best described through the life of Sisyphus. Sisyphus betrayed the gods by providing divine secrets to mortals, and as a consequence, he was giving a meaningless task of rolling a huge stone to the top of a hill. This task was meaningless because there was no significance behind this task. He would push a stone to the top just to have the stone fall back down and continue this same task for all eternity. Taylor continues to address the purpose of life by stating, “ Sisyphus’ existence would have meaning if there were some point to his labors…” In other words, the point of living a meaningful life is simply to be living