DEATH AND MEANING OF MY

LIFE
• A ten-year-old once asked his mother a
questions “Mom, what if years ago we
die, no one will remember us, what we
said, or what we did, what is point doing
what we are doing today?.
• If you are an honest mother, what would you
tell this little boy?

• If you are a member of the catholic church,

you would say that the meaning of life lies in
our resurrection from the dead.
• As a catholic, you that there is life after death,
and that the soul is immortal whatever you
sow in your earthly life, you will reap in
heaven.
• If you were Hindu, you would say that the
meaning of your life follows the law of
karma. When you die , your soul will be
reincarnated into a different form depending
on what you did in your previous life.
• If you were materialist, such us democritus ,
you would say that there is no meaning to
what we are doing now.
• The bottom line is all that all human
persons are equal in ignorance in the face of
death. As someone once said death is the
great equalizer.
• The task of philosophy is not to provide
another answer to the question of what
happens after death, but to ask question: what
is the meaning of our lives in the face of
uncertainly of what happens after death?
• In the other words, the task of philosophy is
not to address the question that the little boy
asked above.
• The philosophical reflection on death is
ultimately, the same philosophical question
about the meaning of life.
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