PHILOSOPHY IN LIFE

“Each of us lives dependent and bound by our individual knowledge and our

awareness, all that is what we call reality. However both knowledge and awareness

equivocal, one’s reality might be another illusion. We all live inside our own fantasies”

- Uchiha Itachi

It is critical to comprehend Uchiha Itachi's life philosophy in addition to his personality

and background. Even if it is unconscious survival from hand to mouth, everyone

lives by some form of philosophy. Human beings can only make decisions by rating a

set of values.

As for Uchiha Itachi his philosophy in life, he sees the world as “finding the self” and

the meaning of life through free will, choice, and personal responsibility. Personal

choice, responsibility and discipline is crucial for him making him an existentialist. We

can say that he is an existentialist or a believer of existentialism. Existentialism is a

philosophy that emphasizes the importance of free will, choice, and personal

responsibility in determining one's identity and purpose in life. People are said to be

on a quest to discover who and what they are throughout their lives as they make

decisions based on their experiences, beliefs, and attitude. And without the need for

an objective version of reality, human choices become distinctive. Without the aid of

laws, ethnic rules, or customs, an existentialist thinks that a person should be forced

to choose and be accountable.

Eversince he was a child, Uchiha Itachi have seen all the killings, chaos and betrayal

because of the war. At a young age, he was confused why people want to kill him,

and the answer is that “because this is war”. And from then on he always asked
himself what is life and what is the meaning of it. Life is born, life dies but life is saved

again. He was confused as to the real meaning of life.

“People's life are governed by what they believe to be correct and true. That is their

definition of "reality." But, exactly, what does "right" or "true" mean? Just some hazy

ideas. It's possible that their "reality" is all a mirage. Can we simply dismiss them as

being trapped in their own universe, shaped by their beliefs?” - Uchiha Itachi

Itachi is a deception master. As a genjutsu expert, his profession comprises

manipulating people's minds. As a result of a simple genjutsu, people experience a

mirage, rendering their actions ineffective since they are "trapped" in their own

thoughts, doing nothing in reality. Itachi, on the other hand, presumably learned as

his abilities grew that genjutsu was considerably more than just the capacity to

confuse an opponent. He may have discovered by chance that illusions are more

powerful than reality, and that altering a person's perception allows him to control

their actual world and, as a result, their beliefs.

A "existential" sensation of intense fear or dread would result from such a realization.

If Itachi can control others, then others must be able to manipulate him as well. Itachi

began to doubt all he knew or thought he knew about reality. "Can you tell me what is

real?" "How can he be sure he isn't being manipulated or controlled by a higher

power as well?

Since youth, Itachi is seeking what really is the definition of life. At the end he

understands that to know oneself is to achieve everything and not to become perfect

instead it is to become aware of what one is and isn’t capable of. It is simply to

forgive oneself for the things one cannot do alone. It is because you cannot do

everything yourself that you have comrades to help you. And also you should never

ignore things one still could accomplish. If you want to know who and what you are,
you must reexamine and re-acknowledge your true self. Itachi Uchiha realized that

he failed on that part because he lie to everyone around him. He also lie to himself,

he was deluded. According to him, those who is not or who cannot acknowledge

themselves are sure to fail just like him.

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