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Originally Posted by Stephen  We are deluding ourselves.
Life has no purpose other than being.
Therefore, isnt it more productive to embrace the reality of life and not waste our time; such little time, on such matters that only fool us?
Its not nihilism; its not hedonism, its pragmatism.  |
Hey Stephen - says who on all of the above? I appreciate that that's your view and so be it. I disagree.
Have a look at my
Philosophy and Personal Development where I quote William Ralph Inge who said: "The object of studying philosophy is to know one’s own mind, not other people's".
The beauty of it is that we can each think and believe what we want and we can decide what has meaning for us.
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Humans are arrogant. Eating sentient animals unnecessarily...
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As for your point on our eating animals (I happen to be a vegetarian anyway), they are just as conscious and alive as vegetables and fruit. In the animal kingdom there are animals that do prey on and eat other animals. It's the natural order of things.
Just because you don't know what the purpose of life is, it doesn't meant there isn't one. It's possible that our human minds are limited in their capability to grasp existence beyond our self-centered arrogance.
