I have a paper to hand in when I take my Core 10 final...

[conuly]

I swear, I should make a complaint against this guy, he can NOT teach.

Lizziey, a 30 point curve means that everyone failed, so he changed our grades so that if you got a 50, it was recorded as an 80 instead.

Anyway. In order to do this paper, I'm supposed to interview someone, and I forgot until now. It has to be two pages, double spaced, but I don't mind blending answers from different people. Cheating, yes, but he'll never know.

The questions are:

What do YOU think the meaning of life is?
Have you always felt this way?
What has affected your opinion on this matter?

*huggles* Those who help get, um... marshmallows?

Comments

Re: this.

[adamsphilosophy.livejournal.com]

Saw your comment in the philosophy forum -- would prefer to reply in your personal journal, if that's all right.

1.) I'm not sure what the meaning of life is -- I'm not even sure what that question means.. What I can provide is an idea on how we ought to live, which is maybe a bit closer to the intent of the question.

Act as though you are free to do whatever you wish. Own your actions; never, ever blame any external pressures for an act of will. Do what you will, and that becomes who you are. You are who you are because of what you've done -- you don't do what you do because you are who you are. Understand that morality is equal parts social and psychological engineering, and accept that you are egoist by nature. Make no apologies for your amoral intents, but let your actions be reasonable. Be charitable, kind, and compassionate, because we are all in the same boat. Constantly re-examine your intentions and motivations. Strive, even if impossible, to do no harm. Work to understand that, after all, our bodies are not the enemy, and that we are not just a bright glowing soul housed in a flesh casing; know that, instead, that flesh is us, and our self isn't just some ethereal something hiding behind our eyes, somewhere near the brain. Never let your time be someone else's commodity. Accept that the world doesn't always make sense, and that that's what language is for. Accept that language doesn't always make sense, and that's what sensation is for. Accept sensation -- it always makes sense.

2.) Since I started thinking about such things. Obviously, through experience and reading, I have refined and honed my thinking a bit. Existentialism, eastern religions, and philosophers of language and mind have done much to give legs to an idea that I already had, and perhaps they've done a little dressing it up, as well.

3.) The passing away of loved ones, relationships, work -- as well as a good deal of reading. In particular: Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Alan Watts, D.T. Suzuki, Douglas Hofstadter, Guy Debord, Otto Weininger, Plato, Epicurus, Sartre, Schopenhauer -- it goes on. But, as I said, they just gave the lyrics to a tune I already had stuck in my head.

Hope that helps. Good luck with your paper.

Re: this.

[conuly]

This is in fact better, as I don't have to go commhopping. *huggles* Thankies!