PHIL 1100 Study Guide - Old Testament, Theism, Asceticism
11 Dec 2014
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At 50, tolstoy becomes distressed by the conviction that life was meaningless. Camus writes, meaning of ilfe question is urgent. Different approaches or stances: the theistic answer : found in existence of god, the nontheistic (or humanistic) alternative: denies that the meaning of life is dependent on the existence of god. I believe i shall die, but that is the meantime, i can find a genuine meaning and purpose in life that makes it worth living . Sir karl popper- there are those who think that life is valueless because it comes to an end. Traveller falls from beast, holds onto branch not to fall to dragon. Mice bite the branch= knows hes going to die. Alone is the truth, everything else is a lie. You are what you call your life; you are a temporal, accidental conglomeration of particles. The interrelation, the change of these particles, produces in you that which you call life.
