Schopenhaur's Theories On The Meaning Of Life

Throughout history, many people believe that religion has been the primary base for their meaning of life. Before introducing the meaning of life, people must know what is meaning and what life means. Although everyone has his or her own meaning of life, theism views life is meaningful and believes in the existence of God. When relating to Fackenheim’s view, he believes that meaning of life is derived from the individual’s relationship to the Divine; therefore God is the basis of the meaning of life. This is considered to be a mysterious relation, where a man is accepted by his finite humanity. He states that there is a transcendent divine that can be related to humans in which can command us. This relationship gives rise to a meaning in people’s …show more content…
A pessimistic believes that life is meaningless and has a tendency to envision the worst aspect of things. Therefore, a pessimistic would state that the world is a negative place in which is fulfilled with evil and overcomes the good. This means that there is a lack of hope for the future. If Schopenhaur were to relate to this view, he would disapprove Fackenheim’s arugment. Schopenhaur believes that life as a whole is considered to be meaningless due to suffering and he thinks that life would be better if there was nothing at all. He also states the evil is a sign of good (positive); therefore goodness is the absence of evil which is considered to be bad (negative). He mentions how happiness will always equal to unhappiness. For example, humans always want more happiness, which leads to unhappiness. Therefore, pleasure is never fulfilled. Schopenhaur believes that people are driven by will; in which is considered to be a blind energy that pushes people. He also states that non-human such as animals are happier than humans because happiness is the freedom from pain. Although these arguments are valid, I would still agree with the theism. For example, Schopenhaur states that animals are happier than humans. I would disagree with this statement because first, animals and humans have similar behaviors. Both animals and human can communicate, listen, think, eat, drink, fall in love, and also have anger. Animals also experience a form of pain such as looking for food, finding a mate, or even looking for shelter. For instance, if an animal is not able to find food, then this shows that the animal is suffering. Therefore, this explains that animals do experience a form of pain. If they are unable to obtain what they need or want in their life, then this can be stated as unhappiness. Schopenahaur may be correct that suffering is real, however, suffering can be placed over with