Nagel's Essay: The Meaning Of Life

The Meaning Of Life The last chapter that Nagel expresses his philosophy is about the meaning of life. He asks what is the true meaning of life? And why our existence even matters? He continues on saying we make big and small problems such a big issue, when in reality they don’t even matter just like all of us. Of course Nagel then reverses the role and explains that people tend to find a purpose for themselves, like worshiping God, a meaning to living. But why, he asks, if God doesn’t even exist. So he says, we are basically wasting time dedicating our lives to someone that could be just a fictional perception to reality, just to be dead in less then 200 years. His last statement in the book he says life may be not only meaningless but absurd (Page.101). I agree with Nagel that the meaning of life means nothing, to an extent. More then half of the world, unless you’re famous, are not going to care when and if we were to die today. They’re not going to care what your accomplishments were, if you graduated college, or even if you had a baby to pass on your genetics. The world is just not going to care, which is why I agree with Nagel. Unless someone is a family member we don’t even care if people we knew as a child or even graduated high …show more content…
Half of my family are Jehovah Witness, and dedicate all there time worshipping him. They have very strict rules and cannot celebrate any holidays. I actually tried to convert to one, but it wasn’t for me. Nagel say’s that worshiping something that doesn’t exist is considered a waste of time considering we don’t have that much time either. But that’s not what people who worship think like at all. The feel they’re doing something that is going to take them to paradise (heaven). During the time I was worshipping a lot, I felt too trapped. It wasn’t a waste of time; it was more of too much dedication and