" ... hey why do you think all the great intense writers committed suicide..like Hemingway and Virginia Woolf..coz they find life meaningless... is that it... is life really meaningless... "
But, you'd just declared that everything about " purpose " is already discussed and exhausted ! ? Why start afresh ? On May 15, 5:17 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > Arent we over with the purpose of life already...... i mean there have > been quite a number of discussions on it lately!!!shouldnt we put our > views under the corresponding topic rather than making a new topic by > the same name... and the purpose of life is to find a purpose and > stick to it..... hey why do you think all the great intense writers > committed suicide..like Hemingway and Virginia Woolf..coz they find > life meaningless... is that it... is life really meaningless... > > On May 15, 3:33 pm, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > very well francis...but how about answering the question instead of > > bashing those who havent pleased u with their answer? u know, lead by > > example? > > > On May 15, 4:37 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This thread is a good example of a general deterioration in the > > > quality of discussion and debate on the 'Eye recently. One-line > > > assertions, unsupported by any kind of logical argument, factual > > > grounding or authoritative underpinning, do not invite to a > > > development and deepening of themes, rather to mutual slogan-slinging. > > > > This is not to say that every entry in a discussion has to be a > > > discourse; the one-liner tope can be very effective in the context of > > > a good discussion - gabby frequently (not always :-)) achieves a > > > surgical precision here - but like any good rhetorical/discussive > > > device works best when used sparingly and discerningly. Otherwise, we > > > could all just as well abandon Minds Eye and move to Twitter. > > > Alternatively, we could all become zen masters and talk to each other > > > in koans. > > > > paw's initial statement here begs so many questions as to become > > > almost meaningless. What do you mean by God? What is this [upper case] > > > "Glorifying" you are talking about? How does this benefit us? Does it > > > benefit God? What is obvious about this? > > > > Wittgenstein ended the "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" with the > > > sentence, "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen / > > > Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." At the moment, > > > reading many posts here, I incline towards the one-liner: > > > > If you've got nothing to say, then say nothing. > > > > Francis > > > > On 14 Mai, 02:28, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The purpose of Life is to Glorify God, obviously- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
