(October 18, 2013 at 2:31 am)MindForgedManacle Wrote:(October 18, 2013 at 2:10 am)FallentoReason Wrote: And thus, meaning was born; they are on this earth to carry that one belief around with them.
That's a confusion. If they don't believe there is any purpose to life, that does not entail them believing that they are here to have that belief. That doesn't make any sense.
Quote:Bottom line is that whatever you have committed to believing/being *is* the meaning that your life has taken on. For a painter, mechanic and astronaut it's a rather trivial realisation, but for the nihilist...
If I were but a being that had a single belief that, say, tne sky was blue, that wouldn't mean my purpose is therefore to be on on Earth to hold that belief. You're using the word 'purpose' in a way that doesn't make sense to me.
What I'm saying is that no matter what they do, they're creating meaning for themselves. That's why earlier on, I said to C.D. that nihilism is for the brain-dead. Any sort of conviction in any direction gives you purpose. Merely *doing* things gives you purpose. My assumption is that their actions were intended to get them from A to B, and however trivial A/B are doesn't matter. They are going about their business with some sort of purpose, and hence, their life has found meaning, however trivial it might be.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle