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[im_no_robot]

I've decided that I need more intellectual stimulation in my life. So, this journal will temporarily become a forum where I will ask questions, and I'd like you all to feel free to respond in whatever way you'd like to them. Alright, here's the first one, and it's an easy one.

What is the meaning of life?

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[doctorcarbon]

Existentialism. But not bad existentialist books.

[doctorcarbon]

*cough* Mr Beckett, I'm looking at you.

[im_no_robot]

I'm not sure I understand. Is the point of life to create the theory of existentialism?

[doctorcarbon]

Nope. The meaning of life is explained by existentialist philosophy. But Mr Beckett still can't write. :)

[im_no_robot]

I'm not really sure all of what existentialism says. Is that modernism, where we can't know anything, so we should just be hedonists?

[doctorcarbon]

Quoth Wikipedia: Among the most famous and influential existentialist propositions is Sartre's dictum, "existence precedes and rules essence", which is generally taken to mean that there is no pre-defined essence to humanity except that which we make for ourselves. Since Sartrean existentialism does not acknowledge the existence of a god or of any other determining principle, human beings are free to do as they choose. Since there is no predefined human nature or ultimate evaluation beyond that which humans project onto the world, people may only be judged or defined by their actions and choices, and human choices are the ultimate evaluator.

Yup.