The Meaning of Life
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[Revised entry by Thaddeus Metz on June 26, 2026.
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Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an answer to the question of what, if anything, makes life meaningful, although they typically have not put it in these terms (with such talk having arisen only in the past 250 years or so, on which see Landau 1997; Cassedy 2022). Consider, for instance, Aristotle on the human function, Aquinas on the beatific vision, and Kant on the highest good. Rel
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Many major historical figures in philosophy have provided an answer to the question of what, if anything, makes life meaningful, although they typically have not put it in these terms (with such talk having arisen only in the past 250 years or so, on which see Landau 1997; Cassedy 2022). Consider, for instance, Aristotle on the human function, Aquinas on the beatific vision, and Kant on the highest good. Rel
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