The Meaning of Life According to Our Greatest Thinkers

[@fetlock]

I think the meaning of life is making peace with the paradox that all of these philosophies are true at once.

[@I_am_that_one_guy]

Life is literally all of these things.

[@Fact.master1985]

Exactly 🤙

[@a.randomjack6661]

Life is like a bird that flies out of the darkness and across a crowded hall and then through another window into an endless night again… -Terry Pratchett

[@AlexCMoro81]

Beautiful, probably entirely true.

[@johannarslsson906]

I go by all of these teachings because the meaning of life is found in wisdom and virtue, thank you for making this video❤️

[@kevincruz7958]

My answer to the question is all of them. We're all together in this and we need to keep each other in check with different views.

[@KasparOne]

An excellent starting guide to ancient Greek philosophy

[@davidzack8735]

I recently came across 'The Daily Stoic' - book and You Tube lectures. It is a life-changer. To strive everyday to embody the four great Stoic Virtues of courage and self-discipline and justice and wisdom in all you do in order to bring about the common good with kindness and forbearance.

[@ChannelFish279]

All your videos are absolutely amazing

[@TheLegendaryLore]

Thank you so much!

[@a.randomjack6661]

Is being "profit fodder" for the richest anywhere in that list?

[@TheLegendaryLore]

I can't think of a single philosophy that officially has that on the list of virtues 🤔

[@AlexCMoro81]

Not in philosophy but it's a common theme in the dogmas of faith ...

[@2ndRenSoc]

Nice content to listen to in the background! Thx for your work.

[@davidhoffman6980]

Thank you for mentioning Jocko Willink. I think he is a good example of a philosopher. He not only seeks to live well and improve his mind and the wirld around him, but he doesn't use his intellect as an excuse to neglect his body. He is in excellent physical condition, skilled at Jiu Jitsu, and tech savy. He is well balanced. I grew up thinking that intellectuals are always in bad shape and have disheveled appearances because intelligence doesn't care about superficial things like strength and beauty. I have since changed my mind and am much better for it.

[@TheLegendaryLore]

I, too, bought the "dumb jock" stereotype for years. I think that idea is slowly going away.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Reflection is key. There are powerful mysteries which lie just beyond the void veil. Unfortunately, 99% of mankind isn't capable of comprehending the proverbial doors, hinges, and keys... and also, as most people *DO* know, the metaphorical door is essentially a one-way gate. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength, resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)

[@LupusMechanicus]

They are hylics of course they can't peer beyond the veil.

[@kcpauz]

I'm saving up to homestead.

[@TheLegendaryLore]

Beautiful! I hope you'll reach your goal soon.

[@greenobeeno1]

Aristotelianism has always appealed to me as it seems to be, pardon the joke, in the middle of Stoicism and Epicureanism. The latter two seemingly drawn out by groups who favored certain aspects of Aristotle's teachings before founding their own schools. Aristotle's Ethics preserves the discipline that we tend to enjoy from the Stoics, but never forgets the leisure and pleasure in moderation we know Epicurus for. After all, it is Aristotle who defines that leisure is the purpose of work and understands that basics (Food, shelter etc) are needed to actually enjoy life.

[@Eyotuber]

We as humans create a polarized world no matter our thinking. Finding the inner center will be non-existent. We are in harmony by the unknown and the obvious. Civilizations lure humans that peace lays in the order. In fact, our independence and differences are key to happiness.

[@larswright1015]

Thank you

[@rodneymacomber6337]

Life is where we learn what we could not learn in heaven

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Define meaning... 😊

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Organic life is meaningless if it is finite. Which it is. But there are celestial mysteries which exist beyond the void veil. Reflection is key, but unfortunately, 99% of mankind is far too arrogant, pretentious, presumptuous, and haughty to bother researching this ethereal enigma. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength, resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

@@Novastar.SaberCombat that's like, your opinion.

[@johannarslsson906]

In this context, it's the framework of ideas we choose/believe and live by, the answer to the final question of why am I doing this it's the core of your spiritual belief system

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

@@johannarslsson906 its circular. There is no final question. So I guess the meaning in that regard would be early childhood development and education into how to live. Culture

[@johannarslsson906]

@@Robert_McGarry_Poems everything we do is based on a belief(you) system, that system is based on what we have learned observed or theorized(and genetic predisposition), culture is the specific understanding agreements systems beliefs of groups of people and therefore provide meaning, their way of life for people, untill you questions your self or culture, change or influence or question culture or beliefs

[@alpotap]

All of those philosophies are complete each other. Normal middle class human fulfills all of them at the same time

[@larson0014]

To sacrifice for the good of the next generation

[@TheLegendaryLore]

I love that framing. Stoicism is probably the closest to that.

[@commandermcnash5137]

A zoomie may say "to sacrifice for the good of the boomer generation"?

[@BigMikeGuitar]

The paradigm for Homo sapiens changed when our species became collectively able to negatively affect the environment with our technology/energy emissions. Before that ability, Homo sapiens had the latitude to act virtually any way it wanted to, spanning ethical to unethical, responsibly or irresponsibly. Most of that legacy expression, including religious ethics, addressed the management of human tribalism fated to Paleo-regressive repetition serving in-group/out-group dynamics. Now however, the paradigm affecting the species requires systems-based global thinking and coordinated actions that design sustainable environmental outcomes, including presumably, desirable social outcomes. This mandate identifies providing solutions to self-interested human tribalism and the self-interested state competing in the interstate system, class dynamics, expansionist ideologies, consumption vs. utilitarianism, sustainable practices both human and productive, and of course, capitalism. Another solution is to abandon fossil fuels and attached technology altogether, and return to prior expressions of perennial baseline tribalism. Current ethical consideration should address prioritizing physics-governed environmental determinism as the immutable incorruptible impartial standard candle and peacemaker with excelsior.

[@CmdrSoCal]

The meaning of life/purpose of this creation: To create the ultimate peasant. The ultimate in farm-able resource. The self sustainability and spiritual energy of a sentient being combined with the control of a machine or computer. 100 billion souls to feed off.

[@critterkllr]

I’m confused by how these are considered separate when, in reality, life is an ebb and flow of all these elements, influenced by perspective, needs, and culture.

[@rebeccahale322]

How is this answering any question regarding anything?

[@commandermcnash5137]

All of these go to my intellectual bag of tricks :D

[@bad_boy8269]

Taoism

[@S_Paoli]

forget the meaning of life of humans... what is the meaning of life for domestic cats?

[@directorchris2]

To scare Rottents

[@TheLegendaryLore]

To achieve the "form" of hunting.

[@karl2851]

To learn to master over the human

[@indicatorhunter4500]

To sleep all day and wake you up in the night time

[@TenMinusNine]

Be Stoic...

[@CarlRoberts-h2v]

The body and soul much attention is given to the body but litten or none is givn to the soul when the soul is personality of your character of good bad ugly and moral or immoral your soul is the god in your body norish it with apperation for the purpose of life with peace not defiance to morality ❤❤❤❤

[@mr.logical2816]

Monty Python already answered this question.

[@Psy0psAgent]

Chop wood. Carry water. Repeat. All the plans of mice and men.

[@RolferShannon]

😂 grow your own food they said 😅 what about just other flowers 🌹 🐦 🐝💐

[@mattmiller5014]

The Meaning of Life is found in the mind of a 2 year old child who has not yet been taught to Think Too Much.😅 Ask the child and you will have The Answer.

[@directorchris2]

I Work on teh next master of puppets. Alredygot teh Sisposable Heros

[@neuro.weaver]

Plato's allegory of the Cave denotes the limitations of human perception and understanding, taught to him by his teacher Socrates. That's why we need a Revelation from God to escape the deceptive shadows and eventually the cave of enslavement. And that God is Jesus Christ, who revealed to us His Love and Providence, and the way to reach deification by Grace.

[@MrCrosby.s_lunch]

Life has no meaning, you do with it what you really want

[@troygoggans5495]

Well I made it 6 minutes and realized that is a wasted 6 minutes. There is no meaning to life beyond chance and dumb luck.

[@rthompson968]

This is not an analysis of The meaning of life, rather it's an analysis on A meaning of life. This means these are all just opinions. I'm much more interested in Truth than opinion

[@MarxistOrc]

What if the truth is that life has no meaning and just kinda happened?

[@rthompson968]

@@MarxistOrc it would be an insane amount of intricacy without meaning, if ask me

[@MarxistOrc]

@@rthompson968 well now, wouldn't that just be regular ol' entropy? Things becoming more and more complex over time, complexities intrinsically linked together from the sheer fact that they came from the same starting place?

[@MarxistOrc]

@@rthompson968 no need for any meaning at all life, as meaning denotes a purpose. Maybe this is all an accident. In fact, the meaning of life appears to be a very subjective concept, one possibly based ONLY in opinion. So maybe seeking the "true" meaning of life is not possible, as the meaning of life would change from being to being.

[@rthompson968]

@@MarxistOrc entropy has nothing to do with complexity. It's the decay of information passed down. Order becoming disorder

[@patrickgoncalves3878]

The meaning of life is to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, repent of our sins and trust and obey God.

[@robertjarman4261]

Shut up ignorant Yank.

[@andseraf8544]

Seek the Kingdom of God .. Matthew 6:33 KJV But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

[@KanonenBengan]

Nah, I don't think so.

[@bannedfordays.5101]

Why would I worship the god of the jews?...

[@The300zxsupra]

Meaninglessness

[@gammabyte5918]

Here is your answer, and it is more plain than satisfactory: Meaning of life is to have existed. That´s the whole answer, not more, the whole genom is just there for that, like a virus too, he is only there to because of his rna, which is designed to bring it into existence.. that s is all, thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[@mr.logical2816]

Plastic.😂

[@PetraKann]

Western philosophers - largely taken from the ancient Hellenic enlightenment era several thousand years ago. There are philosophies from indigenous cultures across the planet the predates the ancient Hellenistic period. In addition, there are rich Philosophical traditions found in ancient Chinese and Indian civilisations. The title should be specific otherwise the analysis comes across as arrogant or eletist

[@robertjarman4261]

I'm Pink therefore I'm Spam.

[@mattmiller5014]

Humor, is the meaning of Life 😊😊😊

[@AlexCMoro81]

❤😊😂❤