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𝔼.𝔾𝕀𝔹𝕀𝕃
@e_gibil
"A meaningful life" consists in seeking the meaning of life and asking questions such as the one you just asked. This lead us into an ever-ascending path: what was meaningful before we left behind and—the meaningful having become meaningless—we strive for ever-loftier meaning.
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雲水
@foodofthegods3
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@e_gibil
So the meaningful life consists in striving and seeking for meaning, and meaning consists in ideals that come and go? This kind of meaning sounds to me like something rather extraneous to life itself—is it? Or do we just position ourselves as though separate from life?
8:39 AM · Mar 8, 2022Twitter for iPhone
𝔼.𝔾𝕀𝔹𝕀𝕃
@e_gibil
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@foodofthegods3
What is life? At some point we may acquire a new definition of "life," and the meaning we now attribute to that word seem meaningless. "Meaning" is what "fills" our life, but the consciousness of those who strive is constantly transcending what fills their life.
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𝔼.𝔾𝕀𝔹𝕀𝕃
@e_gibil
What was meaningful in the past and meaningless today become the building blocks for further meaning. For the brick-maker bricks constitute meaning, but for the architect bricks are almost meaningless, as for the dweller of the temple, architectonic plans are also meaningless.