What is the meaning of life? Does anyone know? Have you ever thought about what the meaning of life is? In my opinion, everyone has their own meaning of life. According to me, the meaning of life and the main point is to be completed. One day, as I get older and I am lying in bed dying, I want to look back at my life and ask myself if I was happy and did I complete the goals I had set for myself throughout that life time. If I had done the things I wanted such as finish my education and get a degree, get a good paying job, and start a wonderful family with successful children, then my life has been completed. I had live the life I wanted, so I can go on and let the young generation continue on. In my opinion, being completed is the meaning of life, but according to ancient times and different religions the meaning is a little different.
According to the ancient Greek philosophy, in Platonism, the meaning of life is in attaining the highest form of knowledge. This is the Idea of the Good, from which all good and just things derive utility and value. Human beings are duty-bound to pursue the good. According to another philosophy, the East Asian philosophy, Legalism, this has a different view of the meaning of life. They believed that finding the purpose of life was a meaningless effort. To the East Asian philosophy, Legalists, only practical knowledge was valuable, especially as it related to the function and performance of the state. In the 19th century, the philosopher, Nihilism suggests that life is without objective meaning.
There are also different perspectives of the meaning in life in the religious views. Life's purpose in the Christian religion is to seek divine salvation through the grace of God and intercession of Christ. In the Muslim world, man's ultimate life objective is to worship the creator Allah by abiding by the Divine guidelines revealed in the Qur'an and the Tradition of the Prophet. In the religion Judaism, the meaning of life is to elevate life, both in this world ('Olam HaZeh) and in the world to come ('Olam HaBa).
In conclusion, the meaning of life is different for everyone. As you can see in the video below, everyone’s believes are different. If you believe in a religion or follow a philosophy your meaning of life might differ from everyone else’s around you. For me being complete at the end of my life is everything. This is what is most important to me. Life is what you make it, so it is all up to you as a person to create it. In the end it is your life and you have to be happy with it.
By: Nevena Ronell
In my opinion i think this blog post has a well develop introduction because the reader gave his own opinion on the meaning of life and It also gives the reader an insight on the background information and its historical context. I like the fact that this blog gave me a breif overview of the philosophy of different religions and how they interpret the meaning of life, these include:Greek,east asian,christianity,Judaism and muslim. The author compared all these religions and how their meaning of life differ, this assisted me in having a better understanding on the overall topic and how each religion view life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the writer that the meaning of life is different for everyone and life is what we make it. I also agree that the different religions and philosphy around us facilitate in shaping our meaning of life.I also like the fact that the author furthmore included a video clip to emphasize different peoples meaning of life.
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