Friedrich Nietzsche's Views On The Meaning Of Life

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“What is the meaning of life?” is probably a question every human thinks about at some point in his or her life. When you are watching the stars on the night sky, you can’t help but wonder what is the sense of all of this. Yet the question is an elusive one, as there seems to be no defining answer – we all have different thoughts on the sense of life. In this post, we’ll explore some of these viewpoints. We’ll first look at six different schools of thought and what they’ve said about the meaning of life. We’ll then look at some of the most common perspectives on the subject: the religious and the secular way of explaining your purpose. Finally, we’ll provide you some steps to help make more sense of it all and to find your own purpose and passion to live a more meaningful life. 6 views on the meaning of life The …show more content…

For people to be happy, they had to decide for themselves what was right and wrong. It also called for self-sufficiency, as freedom from the need for possessions and for companionship was the ultimate way of living a meaningful existence. Nihilism “Every belief, every considering something-true is necessarily false because there is simply no true world.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Nihilism is perhaps among the most misunderstood schools of thoughts, as its basic tencents can often be simplified a bit too far, just like the teachings of Epicurus. Nonetheless, for a true nihilist there are no things such as value or knowledge. In fact, there is no point to human existence. It isn’t surprising then how the meaning of life for nihilism is essentially that there isn’t any meaning. Although in the eyes of a nihilist, the meaninglessness doesn’t matter, as nothing in the world is valuable. The Cyrenaics “The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.” –

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