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Do people feel the need to justify their own existence?

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“To be is to do”—Socrates.

“To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre.

“Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.

 

Sorry, :confused:

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I'm wondering if Donald Trump would be a prime example. Or maybe he just likes to feel important, and make lots of money, lol:hihi:

 

He is important and he is and has made a lot of money..?

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“To be is to do”—Socrates.

“To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre.

“Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.

 

Sorry, :confused:

 

Superb! Best yet!

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What do you think?

 

I think that any attempt to answer a question that refers to all people as if there is a single answer is doomed to failure.

Do you think that all people are the same?

 

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He is important and he is and has made a lot of money..?

 

If you take even a cursory look it's more than clear that he is a net destroyer of wealth, not a creator.

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The fact is that all existence is purely within yourself.

 

When you cease to exist, all existence ends.

 

It cannot be disproven.

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A much better question would be 'Do people like to have a role, to feel they are doing something useful?' to which the answer is a fairly obvious yes.

 

That's my question, find your own.

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The fact is that all existence is purely within yourself.

 

When you cease to exist, all existence ends.

 

It cannot be disproven.

 

Whoops,you are going to upset the religous on this forum.

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The fact is that all existence is purely within yourself.

 

When you cease to exist, all existence ends.

 

It cannot be disproven.

So? Alternative view: existence is independent of oneself. You're born, you die, and yet life goes on for everyone else.

 

Cf Monty Python: "(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!)"

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Do people feel the need to justify their own existence?

 

Well I think that all depends who you are. Certainly if you're old you begin to feel that you have to justify your existence, and that's getting worse with all the pensioner bashing that's going on right now. And I think there must be other groups who feel it, like the unemployed and the disabled, possibly some immigrants, etc.

 

Basically, I think if you've been persecuted, villified, blamed, bullied or picked on, you're going to feel it to some extent. I think you need a pretty thick skin to survive these days

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