Feb 20 2009
Feelings without Big Reasons
Is it possible there is no ultimate reason for life? Well, it depends on how we define “reason.” A reason for something can imply intention and purpose. And while I can see those in the lives of individuals, I have trouble inferring reasons for the whole shebang. So to speak. Does that make my life poorer? I don’t think so. And what makes life rich is largely feelings. And even the life of say, the brooding French existentialist/atheist Jean-Paul Sartre — who famously wrote, “hell is other people”– is (was) rich in feelings.
