The meaning of life
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What is your view on the meaning of life?
What gives human life meaning?
How do you know?
How should one act in the world once one realizes this meaning?
Can you tie the meaning of life to a view of any one philosopher?
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Q&A: Life's Meaning
What life means is among the most explored topics in philosophy, in the academia and in much of the human experience. Questions like - 'What are we here for?, 'What is it all about?' and 'What is the point of it all?' are just among the many corollary questions that people ask when reflecting and meditating on the meaning of life. For me, American author Anais Nin (1931) expressed it best. Nin wrote -
"There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person."
Below, I have further reflected on this from my own experience, my own viewpoint.
Q: What is your view on the meaning of life?
A: For me, when we ask for the meaning of life, ...
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