One of the questions that has troubled humans for centuries is the question of, “what is the meaning of life”. Everybody has their own idea of what the meaning of life is. Although, if there is no clear cut answer, does a true answer actually exist? There is no direct meaning of life, only to survive and enjoy life the best you can. Humans are clearly nothing more than intelligent animals. Animals exist to purely survive and thrive. As humans our main goal is survival. Survival is our meaning of life. We use things such as happiness, love and wealth to enjoy life while we simply survive. These luxuries in our life help make life interesting, fun and sometimes sad. “It is important to distinguish between meaning as a given signification and
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Love is strong and deep. Many people chase after love, but some never actually find it. This lust for someone or even something can torture somebody their entire life. “Love resembles happiness in that it seems to be a baseline term, and end in itself. Like happiness, it seems to be of our nature” (Eagleton 95). Love is a natural inclination that many over look, but some don’t even achieve. Eagleton states that the feeling of love is a natural feeling. If this is true, then how come some never look for it? This is because everybody has different needs in their life. Some feel something missing unless they have somebody or something they love. Although, there are also people that don’t desire love and are perfectly content with what they have. Also, love isn’t just handed out to everybody. You cannot just look for love and find it. Love can be pursued, but it also must fall into your lap. As Augustine states there are, “two sorts of human beings-those who pursue and love eternal things, and those who pursue and love temporal things” (Augustine 27). According to Augustine, we as humans strive for love. Love for us can be found in other humans and in objects. In this sense Augustine is incorrect. Some do pursue love, but not everybody does. Why would one waste his or her time to find love if they are content with their life? There are many more than just 2 types of people in this world. In …show more content…
Clearly, the meaning of life is not found in happiness, love or wealth. If not these common beliefs, then what is the true meaning? The purpose of human life is simply survival. Overall, humans are nothing more than just intelligent animals. An animal’s first instinct above all is to survive over anything. We kill, steal, eat other animals and lie all in the name of living. “It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hose” (Wallace 2). As humans we find our own meaning to the world around us. Things that do not have meaning to anybody else couldn’t be everything for one person. We give ourselves these meanings to make us comfortable and feel safe. These meanings are nothing more than safe blankets to protect us from the truth. The one true purpose and meaning of human life is survival. As you can see, we humans create our own sense of meaning, but only one true meaning resonates with us
Love is strong and deep. Many people chase after love, but some never actually find it. This lust for someone or even something can torture somebody their entire life. “Love resembles happiness in that it seems to be a baseline term, and end in itself. Like happiness, it seems to be of our nature” (Eagleton 95). Love is a natural inclination that many over look, but some don’t even achieve. Eagleton states that the feeling of love is a natural feeling. If this is true, then how come some never look for it? This is because everybody has different needs in their life. Some feel something missing unless they have somebody or something they love. Although, there are also people that don’t desire love and are perfectly content with what they have. Also, love isn’t just handed out to everybody. You cannot just look for love and find it. Love can be pursued, but it also must fall into your lap. As Augustine states there are, “two sorts of human beings-those who pursue and love eternal things, and those who pursue and love temporal things” (Augustine 27). According to Augustine, we as humans strive for love. Love for us can be found in other humans and in objects. In this sense Augustine is incorrect. Some do pursue love, but not everybody does. Why would one waste his or her time to find love if they are content with their life? There are many more than just 2 types of people in this world. In …show more content…
Clearly, the meaning of life is not found in happiness, love or wealth. If not these common beliefs, then what is the true meaning? The purpose of human life is simply survival. Overall, humans are nothing more than just intelligent animals. An animal’s first instinct above all is to survive over anything. We kill, steal, eat other animals and lie all in the name of living. “It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hose” (Wallace 2). As humans we find our own meaning to the world around us. Things that do not have meaning to anybody else couldn’t be everything for one person. We give ourselves these meanings to make us comfortable and feel safe. These meanings are nothing more than safe blankets to protect us from the truth. The one true purpose and meaning of human life is survival. As you can see, we humans create our own sense of meaning, but only one true meaning resonates with us