RE: Dealing with existential nihilism
March 24, 2017 at 11:18 am
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2017 at 11:24 am by Edwardo Piet.)
Well if we personally find our life meaningful TO US then TO US our life is meaningful... however we choose to find it.
That's what it MEANS for existential meaning to be subjective.
Absurdism > nihilism
Purpose doesn't require an ending or full solution either though.
Purpose just requires progress. 1% progress is still better than 0% and 99% is a hell of a lot better than 0%.
That's what it MEANS for existential meaning to be subjective.
Absurdism > nihilism
(March 24, 2017 at 11:04 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(March 24, 2017 at 10:36 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: An event without end has no meaning.I think what we are taking about is meaning in two senses. The primary sense is purpose. For example, the Westminster Confession begins with the question "What is the chief end of Man?" The answer has two parts, the first of which is to glorify God. To glorify God is both purpose, the ends we should seek, and meaning, that which we are meant to exemplify. As such, the life of a pious Christian serves as a sign pointing towards God. To use your movie analogy, you do not need to know the ending to know the archetypal roles of particular characters.
Purpose doesn't require an ending or full solution either though.
Purpose just requires progress. 1% progress is still better than 0% and 99% is a hell of a lot better than 0%.
