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
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- “Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.”- Kahlil Gibran - Money makes the world go around. Living in the new millennium‚ it is very apparent money is what’s important. Money is the root of all evil‚ yet the source of happiness. Then again‚ this statement could only hold water depending on the financial status of the person in question. There may be more than one thing in life that holds importance. Personally‚ I feel there indeed is more than one thing. Looking at the big
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bring out peace‚ security or happiness in their own lives. Like others‚ I tried to find and fill it through family‚ friends‚ lovers‚ academics‚ myself and career. But I have finally found wisdom in the wise words of King Soloman - "everything is meaningless‚ like chasing the wind" (Ecclesiastes 1:14). For one can gain wealth‚ power and prestige‚ but "what do people get for all their hard work under the sun?" (Ecclesiastes 1:3) It all mounts down to one thing‚ it is like chasing the wind (Ecclesiastes
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not out of despair but out of love. And it is the love expressed within his novel that leads to a sequence of actions of love that brings Leo a connection to his lost son and also a relationship with another young woman named Alma at the end of his life. Overcoming many obstacles‚ Leo and the young Alma‚ each driven by love‚ don’t give up in their individual quests for the original Alma‚ the one who inspired the fictional “History of Love”. Leo and Alma both receive a letter from one another. Leo
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As a student of religion I have learnt that religion is an indispensable part of human life. History shows that every religion‚ it may be revealed or not‚ has risen in the crucial moment of the human history. According to the Semitic tradition human history has began with Adam and Eve‚ first prophet in Abrahamic tradition. In Indian tradition‚ though God is omnipresent but he directly intervened into this world‚ what we called Avatara‚ to make a clear distinction between right and wrong. In primitive
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All Men are Liars: Is Democracy Meaningless? 1 by Gerry Mackie St. John’s College University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3JP United Kingdom gerry.mackie@sjc.ox.ac.uk April 18‚ 1997 Forthcoming in Jon Elster‚ ed.‚ Deliberative Democracy 2 I. Introdu ction. One current of thought within the rational choice approach to the study of politics asserts that democratic voting and democratic discussion are each‚ generally‚ inaccurate and meaningless. 2 I will call an emphasis on these descriptive
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of circumstances‚ and success‚ is the fulfilling of a given task. Now let us imagine success‚ without opportunities; without the opportunity to prove your worth‚ without the opportunity to even get a chance to attempt to work towards a goal. Life is meaningless without opportunities‚ and success thrives on these very opportunities. I would like to share a story with you. One day‚ a young boy decided to buy a goat. After paying up‚ he later found out that the goat was dead. What would an ordinary
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’Life… is a tale‚ Told by an idiot‚ full of sound and fury‚ Signifying nothing.’ Why does Macbeth find life meaningless? If Macbeth were to look in the mirror‚ at the time he spoke these words he would see the reflection of an unrecognisable man‚ compared to that which would have looked back at him at the beginning of his story. The man who looks back at him now‚ complaining that life signifies nothing‚ is soul-less‚ empty‚ and resembles very little of the admirable reflection he once saw. This
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“Where there is life‚ there is hope” As my grandmother says “life is not a bed of roses”. Everyday we have to face difficult situations‚ problems at work‚ and pay debts among others. It is not easy. On the one hand‚ to some people‚ life is hard‚ cruel and merciless. On the other hand‚ there are those who see life as a challenge‚ a channel of discovery and innovation. Life is beautiful and I think that each day is a new opportunity to progress‚ to have new ideas and to do things better than the
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country and trying to get a better life.There are three themes in the novel that one must follow in order to understand and earn a meaningful life: family‚ work‚ and education. First of all‚ family is the first school in which a child receives the basic values of life. When Francisco was young‚ his family moved to America‚ hoping to get a better life. He grew up in a poor family. The six members in his family are his parents‚ (how many? 3?) brothers‚ and sister. His family suffers and struggles
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