At what point does philosophy become as meaningless as life itself?
At what point do we transcend the need to ask questions because the answers only raise more of them?
Philosophically, where is the tip of the iceberg?
I think philosophy gives life meaning… I mean if you’re not asking questions, you’re on autopilot just… doin stuff.
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you assumed an answer the way you ask the question… life can’t be meaningless if philosophy isn’t. i admit, the purpose is a little disappointing like a bad day at the races.
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around dinner time for most people. oh you mean philosophers? …around dinner time, too.
Do you mean to ask when does philosophy become as meaningless as life without philosophy? Or perhaps when does philosophising become pointless?
We start out at a place where all the questions always lead to more questions. This has nothing to do with philosophy as such, it just keeps going from the time you first learn that the word “Why?” can be asked after every answer to the question “Why”, and it stops when your brain is full. So I suppose it must be different for all people.
Just about when the baby starts to cry.
Good response Monooq… although there was nothing said about what you consider the tip of the iceberg for philosophy. I think if I stated that question in another manner, it may recieve more attention. Perhaps: “What is the ultimate affirmation?”
i don’t know what you mean by “the tip of the iceberg for philosophy”. it would help me if you stupify the metaphor. i’m not sure either what “the ultimate affirmation” refers to…
Well…as an example, I could say that the final ultimate affirmation of Nietzsche was Nihilism, with the realization that everything is nothing and nothing is everything.
except that Nietzsche was an anti-nihilist…
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Life,like Philosophy, is given meaning by the person who lives it. Philosophy is meaningless to those who cannot (or lack the desire to) understand it.
Have to pass time until death in some way…and it’s better than reality TV.
what you are saying is you want essences. one liners. you want the essence of the meaning of life? or the essence of philosophy? well, these are the sort of things you only find in small pink books with big print in the self-help section in Chapters. i don’t know about essences except when i’m drunk.