To have a flourishing life, you need the freedom to pursue your purpose and meaning. My 70 years of life have been well lived and enjoyed. Above all other values, I place freedom. Only you can find your purpose and your meaning. We are individuals and unique. We must take the responsibility to develop our purpose and meaning. You have been very clear here in saying what it has taken me a lifetime to realize.
One of the great truths Ayn Rand taught me is that much of the suffering and conflict among men is owing to genuine ignorance of concepts, that humanity is still in its conceptual infancy. At first blush, this sounds absurd. But it’s a profound truth. People use concepts like meaning, purpose, morality, exist, justice, knowledge, truth, reality/real, . etc as mere sounds signifying whatever vague notion they have in their minds. This makes thinking clearly impossible - let alone effective communication with others. Craig Biddle’s short video speaks to the dangerous and disastrous outcome of this phenomenon. A failure to understand what facts in the world gives rise to concepts almost always results in our thinking being derailed from reality.
To have a flourishing life, you need the freedom to pursue your purpose and meaning. My 70 years of life have been well lived and enjoyed. Above all other values, I place freedom. Only you can find your purpose and your meaning. We are individuals and unique. We must take the responsibility to develop our purpose and meaning. You have been very clear here in saying what it has taken me a lifetime to realize.
One of the great truths Ayn Rand taught me is that much of the suffering and conflict among men is owing to genuine ignorance of concepts, that humanity is still in its conceptual infancy. At first blush, this sounds absurd. But it’s a profound truth.
People use concepts like meaning, purpose, morality, exist, justice, knowledge, truth, reality/real, . etc as mere sounds signifying whatever vague notion they have in their minds. This makes thinking clearly impossible - let alone effective communication with others. Craig Biddle’s short video speaks to the dangerous and disastrous outcome of this phenomenon. A failure to understand what facts in the world gives rise to concepts almost always results in our thinking being derailed from reality.