Didn't Aristotle believe happiness was attained through virtue and our highest goal as humans? Please correct me if I am wrong about this.// It is a matter of degree and direction.
On Mar 27, 6:34 pm, malcymo <[email protected]> wrote: > Raison D’etre > > We are genetically successful in that we still exist. Historically our > mutations have turned out to be apt for survival. > > We have been endowed with the ability to reason and thus question our > purpose. > > Camus believed that human existence was essentially absurd. As Russell > said ‘All the labour of the ages, all the devotion, all the > inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined > to extinction in the vast death of the solar system'. This implies > that human endeavour id pointless. As Douglas Adams said the answer to > life the universe and existence is 42. > > Realisation of this truth could imply that the only logical response > is to give up on endeavour, even commit suicide. > > However, we do have a short period of life wherein we can experience > emotions; happiness, pain etc. Although difficult to explain are real > in the sense that we can agree on the pleasure or displeasure that > such experiences give us. Likewise we would agree that we would like > our short existence to be pleasurable, even for the masochist. > > Should we not be looking for the meaning of life; creating a meaning > for life; endeavouring to change the human condition and society for > the greater benefit of future generations. That one of these > generations will be extinguished is of no importance given the > absurdity of existence. > > Homespinner
