Yes he did
On Mar 31, 12:07 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
