by RVML | Apr 28, 2020 | 2005 Idea Contest Essays
The reason we live is relevant to the existence of purpose. Without purpose is without life, and without life is without purpose. Why would life exist if there were no reason? The creation of time and life is also the creation of purpose. Time was made so that life...
by RVML | Apr 28, 2020 | 2005 Idea Contest Essays
“Your purpose in life” when do we find out what that is, or do we ever find out? We can imagine, we can set our own goals and we can make it happen if we choose. In the last couple of months my friends and I have lost some people very close to us. One, especially...
by RVML | Apr 28, 2020 | 2005 Idea Contest Essays
What is the meaning of life? I could probably quote a half dozen or so answers from different religious faiths and philosophical schools if that were the question, however, the question I am addressing is one of a much more complex, personal, and intuitive nature:...
by RVML | Apr 28, 2020 | 2005 Idea Contest Essays
In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, a similar question was brought up, but stated as a search for our “proper function”. Aristotle said that our proper function was characteristic to man, and not universal for all forms of life. The function of vegetation and plants is...
by RVML | Apr 28, 2020 | 2005 Idea Contest Essays
Identity is an essential piece of living. Identity tells us who we are, gives us people to identify with, and in the best of cases, gives us a sense of pride in who we are. But what if one day your identity was inverted, and you had to accept a new one? What would you...
