On 13 March 2014 09:47, John Mikes <[email protected]> wrote: > Liz, please! > don'[t you think "pursuit of happiness" is indeed "UNHAPPINESS"?? > Why would a happy person pursue happiness? > I would not vote for 'unhappiness' as the meaning of life, although it > looks like it frequently. > > It's closer to a meaning than "happiness" imho. "Acheving happiness" could be a purpose, at least, although personally I still don't consider it a meaning. I'm not sure what sort of meaning life *could* have. Meaning is generally something that is interpreted by a conscious entity, extracted from information, so the idea that life has a meaning more or less presupposes the existence of a God or something similar to whom our lives have some meaning (or at least purpose).
Monty Python parodied this in "The Meaning of Life" by the way, although I forget what the exact meaning of life turned out to be. (It was along the lines of "take plenty of exercise, don't eat too much fatty food..." etc) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
