[lit-ideas] The meaning of life

On another philosophy listserv the following question arose:

What is the meaning of life?

An intriguing transcendental response (not yet a riposte) was:

Life, human life to be precise, is a necessary condition of meaning, so the
question is inappropriate and "ill-formed." (Flayling gestures to
Wittgenstein's writings ensured.) It is senseless to ask after the meaning of
life since there is and can be no "meaning" independent of human life. Life is
the very element of meaning itself. 

Comments welcomed.

Walter O.
MUN


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