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How does one approach meaning and value from a philosophical standpoint?

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Values and the meaning of life or of anything comes from an individual's believe in philosophy. However, many philosophical thinkers believed in different meanings of life and developed different values in which way to live life. For example, Rousseau believed that man was good when in the state of nature but is corrupted by society. Hobbes believed the opposite and believed that man was born evil and therefore, man made an agreement to give up his rights to the state in exchange for protection from the state. However, if man ...

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