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Feb 9, 2021 · The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction shows how centuries of thinkers — from Shakespeare and Schopenhauer to Marx, Sartre, and Beckett — have tackled the conundrum of the meaning of...
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Using systematic, critical discussion of recent Anglo-American philosophical literature as a springboard, Thaddeus Metz’s Meaning in Life: An Analytic Study defends several original claims...
Article PDF Available. The Meaning of Life. June 2013. Authors: Thaddeus Metz. University of Pretoria. References (108) Abstract. Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an...
matter of living in a certain way. I. is not metaphysical, but ethical. It is not something separate from life, but what makes it worth living – which is to say, a certain quality, depth. abundance, and intensity of life. In this sense, the meaning of life is.
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Against the backdrop of the problem of the meaning of life as constructed in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion, this article asks the question of what the supposed meaning(s) of the biblical character of Moses' life were assumed to be.
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The Meaning of Life: The Four Basic Options There are four main options when it comes to the meaning of life: No human lives have meaning; human existence is inherently absurd and meaningless (existential nihilism).
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Roughly, then, according to my proposal, a meaningful life must satisfy two criteria, suitably linked. First, there must be active engagement, and second, it must be engagement in (or with) projects of worth. A life is meaningless if it lacks active engagement with anything.