- Sep 2023
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37:00 going to war with self
- see zk notes on self-discovery & finding meaning in darkness
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- Jun 2023
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www.aidanhelfant.com www.aidanhelfant.com
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ep 20:
- 1:28:00 meaning of life: remembering that there is a greater purpose, reminding yourself (not forgetting)
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- Sep 2022
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www.justine-haupt.com www.justine-haupt.comOpinions1
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The question "what is the meaning of life" doesn't seem to me to be an important one, although I think Sagan's "we are a way for the universe to know itself" is about as good an answer as can be found.
While I agree with Sagan, that's not the meaning of life.
The meaning of life is to project ones self into the future. There might be other ways to do this, but the easiest way is to have and raise children.
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- May 2020
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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Prinzing, M., De Freitas, J., & Fredrickson, B. (2020). The lay concept of a meaningful life: The role of subjective and objective factors in attributions of meaning [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6sx4t
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- Jul 2017
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actualfreedom.com.au actualfreedom.com.au
- Jun 2016
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ou-expo.nicklolordo.com ou-expo.nicklolordo.com0_title2
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, I think I would have wept over it. Somehow, now that it has happened actually, and to me, it seems far too wonderful for tears.
I really enjoy this idea, for some reason, as something so unfathomably sad has happened to Dorian, as if his life were a novel (hmhmhm) and he finds it too amusing to be bothered by. Wilde demonstrates the surreal reality that plagues life and continues somewhat of a commentary on how precious one's life is, and how it must not be wasted on conforming when one does not see fit.
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Because to influence a person is to give him one’s own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of some one else’s music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him. The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly,—that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one’s self.
Wilde uses this dialogue to convey his theory on the meaning of life. "People are afraid of themselves nowadays" is Wilde's call to the oppression of individuals by society. Wilde opens the concept of living as one sees fit - their true identity. This dialogue probably cause issue from early critics of Wilde's work, as it holds a somewhat secular message.
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