1. LET US BROOD OVER…
Philosophical,Theological and Scientific Perspectives
2. We don’t want an answer. Do we? - If there is an answer, will it not destroy colour of life.
We don’t need an answer. Do we? – We are pretty much satisfied with our lives.
We know not all questions have answers. –Why to waste our time?
NOT
Believe me, because you are going to do this.
Not today. But one day, when the gap between your life
of imagination and reality will increase, maybe then ->
That EE-310 guy
was smart!
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than
sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
3. LET US START WITH…
PLATO
“attaining the
highest form of
knowledge”
“achieving the
Highest Good-that
is eudaemonia”
ARISTOTLE ARISTIPPUS
“pleasure is the
supreme good”
MARCUS AURELIUS
“freedom from
suffering (stoicism)”
4. KANT
“single moral
obligation: the
Categorical
Imperative”
“greatest happiness
principle-as much
happiness to as many”
JEREMY BENTHAM FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
“life is without
objective meaning
(nihilism)”
WILLIAM JAMES
“useful understanding of life is
more important than searching
for an impractical abstract truth
about life (pragmatism)”
5. TOWARDS 20TH CENTURY…
KIERKEGAARD
“life is full of absurdity,
and one must make
own values in an
indifferent world
(existentialism)”
“3 ways (absurdism):
1. Suicide (escaping existence)
2. Religious Beliefs
(psychological suicide)
3. Acceptance of Absurd”
ALBERT CAMUS BERTRAND RUSSEL
“to say that life,itself,
has meaning, is a
misuse of language.
Meaning in life results
from life events”
VIKTOR FRANKL
“what is the meaning of life?—
evaporates when one is fully
engaged in life.The question then
morphs into more specific
worries such as "What delusions
am I under?"
6. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
CHRISTIANITY
to seek divine
salvation through the
grace of God and
intercession of
Christ
to worship the
creator Allah by
abiding by the divine
guidelines revealed in
the Qur'an and the
tradition of the prophet
ISLAM HINDUISM
the meaning of life is
tied up in the
concepts
of karma,samsara,
and moksha.
BUDDHISM
Does not speak about
meaning of life,but about the
potential of human life to
become free from
both suffering and rebirth
through Nirvana
7. AND NOW…
THE UNIVERSE
“Origins and ultimate
fate of the universe-Big
Bang”
“if there is a primary
function to life,it is the
replication of DNA and the
survival of one's genes”
BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN TERROR MANAGEMENT
THEORY
“human meaning is derived
from a fundamental fear of
death, and values are selected
when they allow us to escape
the mental reminder of death”
ANSWER TO EVERYTHING
“after seven and a half million years of
calculation by a giant supercomputer
called Deep Thought, which explains
that "I think the problem, is that you've
never actually known what the question
is.”
8. SADLY, ANSWER IS ‘IT DEPENDS’.
To live one's dreams.
To seek happiness and flourish.
To become the best version of yourself.
To survive, that is, to live as long as
possible, including pursuit of
immortality (through scientific means).
To achieve biological perfection
To replicate, to reproduce. "The 'dream' of every cell is
to become two cells."
To seek wisdom and knowledge
To do good, to do the right thing (help others, end suffering)
To have a pure soul and experience God
To seek beauty in all its forms
To love those who mean the most.
To rule the world.
9. YOU
To live one's dreams.
To seek happiness and flourish.
To become the best version of yourself.
To survive, that is, to live as long as
possible, including pursuit of
immortality (through scientific means).
To achieve biological perfection
To replicate, to reproduce.
"The 'dream' of every cell
is to become two cells."
To seek wisdom and knowledge
To do good, to do the
right thing (help others, end
suffering)
To have a pure soul and
experience God
To seek beauty in all its forms
To love those who mean the most.
To rule the world.
11. According to Human Needs
Psychology, a theory developed by
Tony Robbins, there are six
fundamental needs that govern us:
Certainty
Uncertainty
Significance
Connection
Growth
Contribution
So, now your meaning of life comes to
what the things you need the most in life.
That leaves us at two fold solution to the
original problem:
1. The people who know what they need.
2. The people who don’t know that.
12. Answer is easy!
“The true meaning of life is to give our life meaning.”—
Tate T. Weber
It is the spoon!
Significance
Certainty
Growth
Contribution
Let me tell you a story!
13. BUT FOR THOSE WHO WERE
NOT BORN WITH THE SPOON
THAT GIRL IS A METAPHOR
She could be anyone.
UX/UI
Beauty
14. So, for those who were not
born with the spoon, all
you need is:
FIND ONE.
IT’S OKAY TO
BE LOST AT
TIMES,
SOMETIMES TO
BE DELUDED
OR TO CRY.
IN THE END IT’S
GOING TO END
ANYWAYS.
