Essays on Meaning of Life

What might most people on this earth value? You guessed it right, it's Life! Life brings a lot of meaning and purpose that is I feel is an ideal answer to the society and lets just face it, what could someone value other than life? For starters, have you ever heard the greatest talents are buried in one's grave? If not, it means that many people never got to show their true talents while they were alive. My honest take on life is that it is underappreciated because what most people don't ...

Olmen (2018) defined semantics as the field of linguistics concerned with the study of meaning. With the knowledge of semantics, we can apply suitable words, phrases and sentences in different contexts that bring about meaningful communication. In the recent SNC-Lavalin affair, Financial Post reported that some commentators believed that the Public Prosecution Service of Canada did not offer deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to the corporation simply because of the mistaken interpretation ...

Viktor Frankl's, "Man's Search for Meaning," isn't just about the Holocaust but about how his traumatic experiences and suffering led to his widely shared message about his philosophy; that there is meaning in everything, especially suffering. I believe Frank's intent wasn't just to talk about the horrors of his own experiences or those whom which he observed, but to show the everyday lives and struggles of prisoners including himself to support his theories. I think the way that he wrote ...

Since the beginning of time, humankind has been trying to answer a question: what is the reason for life. The response to this question isn't simple as it is not generally the same for everyone. It is not generally simple to explain one's meaning of life, nor is the excursion to find it simple. Nonetheless, a man's life is dull if there is no meaning, reason or ail to fulfill. An objective or aim is required to strive and live a gratifying life. Here the question arises that how might one know ...

Out of the books that we have been assigned to read for this class, I have hands down found The Problem of Pain, and more specifically, the “Heaven” chapter to be the most thought provoking. Throughout this chapter, Lewis examines the very nature and purpose of our souls, and thus, simultaneously makes the answer to “the meaning of life” more and less translucent. So, what is the meaning of life? The typical, knee-jerk response for evangelist Christians is “the meaning of life is to give ...

We all want, and need it to live, but there are people out there who believe it will solve their problems and make them happy. I can tell you one hundred percent it will not! Yes, it could take some stress off your shoulders, but that won’t make you happy! In fact, Biggie Smalls quoted “Mo Money Mo Problems” and that is about as true as it gets. I know, not having money to pay your bills is depressing, so you think to yourself, “If I had it, I wouldn’t have half the problems I have, I would be ...

What is life? This question can be debated for a long period. Life can be observed in different perspectives. It can be viewed in a philosophical point of view and scientific angle. Moreover, life can be argued in a literature perspective as argued by Frank (116). Despite its diverse views, one important aspect concerning life is the ability to distinguish between animals and human beings. One may argue that animals may be alive but not having a life. On the other hand, an individual may claim ...

How can one put a value upon life? This is a difficult question that cannot be defined without considering many factors. Everybody has different convictions and ethics; this makes defining life's value an overwhelming undertaking. I believe each individual holds a personal value to their life, every one of us appreciates various parts of life more than others. While life can be classified by different values such as ethics, achievements, and courage, there is no real way to gauge somebody’s ...

Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" has become one of the most important works of world literature, affecting the moral problems and giving answers to such important historical and philosophical questions that relate to the meaning of life of the individual and its role in the history of mankind. For example, moral search of central characters of the novel, that the author shows, helps the reader learn how to highlight in their lives the most important thing, to send their strength and ...

Lorraine Hansberry, a black poet and playwright, once said in a speech, “It grows out of a thought of mine, as I study history, that virtually all of us are what circumstances allow us to be and that it really doesn’t matter whether you are talking about the oppressed or the oppressor” (“In”). Lorraine Hansberry wisely expresses her ideas about how one becomes who they are according to their position, which is a common theme in many of her works of writing. In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry ...

The most attractive philosophical theory discussed in class so far is relativism. Like any philosophical thought, there are flaws within its confines. Even with the numerous circumstances that relativism could fail, the pros for the theory far outweighs the negative aspects. All countries around the world would benefit greatly from considering some of relativisms key arguments when drafting legislation.Relativisms main flaw is its unwillingness to intervene in issues. If culture X tortures its ...

The search for meaning in life is a search that has preoccupied many figure throughout the ages. It is also a concept that is prevalent throughout much of literature. It can be seen in both Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, as well as Keats' “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. In both of these works we see not only a search for meaning in life, but also the futility of that search as well as a solution. Keats' poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn” revolves around the speaker of the poem admiring ...

Many times over, artists have drawn inspiration from one another. Nemerov has done exactly this in his poem, “Vermeer”, which is based around the works of the artist Johannes Van der Meer, otherwise known as Jan Vermeer. This poem ensnares the reader in the story of Verneer’s many works of art. The poem begins almost with a narration, but then morphs into a scene painted like Vermeer’s works themselves, with imagery that describes the paintings Vermeer painted. This poem achieves its purpose ...

I remember the first time I went to a funeral when I was a kid I was around 8 years old. Like, most 8-year-olds, I did not understand what death was until my parents told me. Since then I have always wonder what the meaning of life as a human is. Of course, everyone else also wonders the same questions. Likewise, the most common questions about the purpose of life that everyone wonders are for example, who are we? Why are we here? etc. What is it to have meaning in life? The meaning of life ...

A Man's Search For Meaning is finding a purpose in life in a bad situation. We are all guilty of looking at how bad we have it, when there are other people suffering a lot worse than us. There is meaning life, you are put on this earth for a reason. It may be hard to see it in a really hard time and keep a positive attitude, but knowing that you are meant to survive and tell your story helps keep an outlook on life and keep living. This is exactly what Victor E. Frankl did when he was in the ...