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The roots of the classical philosophy of love go back to Plato's Symposium. [3] Plato's Symposium digs deeper into the idea of love and bringing different interpretations and points of view in order to define love. [4] Plato singles out three main threads of love that have continued to influence the philosophies of love that followed.
The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.
Irving Singer wrote, "For a person in love … life is never without meaning." [20]: 2 A person's life is built the love between two people – their parents, the love they share for the friendships they make and eventually, the person they marry and have children of their own with. The feelings love brings: happiness, empathy, mutual respect ...
Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".
I use the word love, not meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in ...
Because — love it or hate it — back-to-school is more than just a season. It’s a feeling, and with it comes the prospect of change, challenge and a sense of renewal.
This life of love, according to him, is the life of the saints such as Teresa of Calcutta and Mary, the mother of Jesus and is the direction Christians take when they believe that God loves them. [50] Pope Francis: the "Cross (Jesus crucified) is the greatest meaning of the greatest love". [54]
3. “You cannot dream of becoming something you do not know about. You have to learn to dream big. Education exposes you to what the world has to offer, to the possibilities open to you.”