PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Jean-Paul Sartre
10 Jan 2017
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An old issue earliest writings concerned with it, for example, the epic of gilgamesh from ancient mesopotamia. Universal issue all cultures have sought to answer the question in their myths, legends, and religions, and most individual people think about the issue. In recent times, philosophy has seen a revival of interest in meaning of life issues. The phrase meaning of life" isn"t very clear. What is the meaning of life?" is a hard question, partly b/c it isn"t too clear what is being asked. Many reasons for this because it"s not clear. Clear what it means to ask what is the meaning of a word?", what is the meaning of a meaning or the meaning of a poem, or of an act. So the topic of the meaning of life is often broken down into many different, but inter- related, issues and questions. More questions based on happiness, evil, death, etc.
