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Meaning

Created: Apr 27, 2022 | Updated: Sep 26, 2023 | 1 min read

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Meaning is a desirable mental content on top of happiness that improves one’s well-being.

  • meaning and suicide
  • Meaning is a mental construction
  • Find meaning in life by attaching yourself to something bigger than you
  • Purpose vs Meaning
  • Stories enrich meaning
  • traditional nihilistic argument on the meaning of life
  • life is inherently meaningless
  • There is no objective meaning
  • Only minds can create meaning
  • Words do not possess meaning by themselves
  • Happiness is not the same as meaning
  • meaningful living is possible despite meaninglessness
  • error-theory-based nihilistic arguments on the meaning of life
  • Our imminent death seems to suggest that life is meaningless

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  • Existential events or crises compel us to think about purpose
  • Happiness is not the same as meaning
  • Purpose is articulated before an action or a project is performed
  • Purpose vs Meaning
  • The Inward Morning Commentary 1952-09-05
  • My purpose is to live deliberately
  • My quest
  • My vision statement
  • Suicide

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