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Was Nietzsche right about meaning? | Rupert Sheldrake, James Tartaglia, Maria Balaska

Philosophy For Our Times

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Isn't Nihilism for Everyone?

I agree with james that many people can find meaning through various projects in their lives, including families and raising children. I think though, that even secular humanists, you see, have who are atheists, usually have a sense that humanity has a greater meaning. There's a massive project which the entire world is engaged in because of this enlightenment ideology. Now you could say that so hollow and shallow as well,. i think, for individuals, and ndeed, for communities, a transcendental sense of meaning was traditionally very important to most people. As james said, most people in the world are still religiousand personally, i think many of them would be a lot worse off if

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