The Meaning of Life — Five Answers From the Great Philosophers
Go deeper with The Visual Philosopher on Patreon — exclusive videos, podcasts, original essays and more: patreon.com/TheVisualPhilosopher Access my books using this link: ► https://thevisualphilosopher.gumroad.com In this video, we look at what five of the great philosophers actually said the meaning of life is. Thinkers & sources Leo Tolstoy — A Confession (1879–82), trans. Aylmer Maude Epicurus — Letter to Menoeceus, trans. Cyril Bailey (1926) Bhagavad Gita — 2.47 & 2.20, trans. K. T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East (1882) Arthur Schopenhauer — "On the Sufferings of the World," trans. T. Bailey Saunders Friedrich Nietzsche — Twilight of the Idols (1888) Viktor Frankl — Man's Search for Meaning (1946) Albert Camus — The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), trans. Justin O'Brien #philosophy #meaningoflife #camus
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