Category: Meaning of Life

Critical Analysis of Richard Taylor’s Article The Meaning of Life: Examples of Sisyphus, Glowworm and Cicada The article I decided to read and master for this week is written by Richard Taylor titled The Meaning of Life on pages 560-569. I think everybody at some point in life will ask the question, what the meaning…

Leo Tolstoy: In Search For Meaning Of Life Throughout his life, Leo Tolstoy pursued perfection in everything he did. He sought to achieve his desires in different fields. He joined Kazan University but left three years later when he established that it did not fulfill his desires. He also joined the army but left as…

Meaning of Life: Opinion Essay Placing value on a persons life is not measured by the way an individual has lived, but rather, by what the person has gained in his life. The ideas I have towards the meaning of life could be totally separate from the ideas of another. For me, there are many…

Meaning of Life: Opinion Essay Placing value on a persons life is not measured by the way an individual has lived, but rather, by what the person has gained in his life. The ideas I have towards the meaning of life could be totally separate from the ideas of another. For me, there are many…

What Life Means to You: Essay on ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ One quote that stuck out to me stated by Henry Adams was ‘An educator influences time everlasting; he can never tell where his impact stops.’ This quote helps express the bond and connections between Mitch and Morrie, our main characters in the novel. ALS, which…

Life in the Present In the words of the sage Ashtakvarga: Bondage is created when the mind needs something or it grieves for something, rejects or holds on to something or it is pleased or displeased about something. Liberation is when the mind is no longer attached to anything. The human body undergoes a transformation…

There Is No Meaning to Life Except: What We Have in the Present In the essay titled On the Vanity of Existence, author and philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer examines the meaning of life in accordance with the past, present and future. He comes to the conclusion that in order for us to live a meaningful life…

Meaning Of Life: The Scientific Perspective The approach we employ in seeking to discover and understand the meaning of life is of utmost importance, as it greatly defines our eventual outcome. The philosopher has his own personal opinion about life, which he may innocuously presume to be absolute. Conversely, religious folks have their own biased…