Is it more important to live well, rather than live at all? ... Thus (at least) one individual has lived a life, "not" worth living, in Socrates" mind. ... Moreover, Socrates concludes that a life is not worth living, unless it is lived well and he has not lived his life well. ... Rather, one would expect Socrates to live as a role model for his society; to life his life to its fullest, and live with mistakes - hoping that others may learn from him. ... To say that a life is not worth being lived is a tragedy in itself. ...

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We live in America and there are still many crazy people out there who cause chaos everyday, so is Steve Jobs saying it's okay to do that because you're following your heart? ... When issuing money to value a life, Ripley sparks out. ... In her report, What is a Life Worth? ... Life is way to precious to be handled with money. You can't put value on life. ...

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Life in the gulag is very difficult and, with multiple year sentences, the reason to live is a question in every inmates mind. ... Many men have been in the camp for so long they would not know what to do if they were to live another type of life. ... Life in the camp is hard but there is motivation to live. The gulag was a very difficult place to live. ... Life in the gulags was an awful nightmare that men just wanted to wake up from, but there was always the will to live. ...

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The only law of life that I have is to live a happy (not necessarily long) life, and this paper will tell how to live a happy life. ... The meaning of life is to be happy. ... Life is not so simple at all. ... When that glorious, joyous era in your life takes place, you probably won't even notice it until your standing by the pearly white gates reflecting upon your life. In conclusion, please try to live a happy life, because if you don't, than you never really lived at all. ...

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Still others say that being truly happy will allow you to live a good life. ... Hindu philosophy can provide its followers with answers to many questions such as, what does it mean to live a good life? How should we live our lives? In Hinduism, to live a good life is to recognize oneself with Brahman and connect with it through knowledge, service and dedication. ... Plato believed a person should live their life for the polis. ...

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A philosophy of life usually discusses the and why of life. What is life, what are the elements of life? ... As well we should try to live a relatively simple life and we shouldn't floss or try to live too lavishly. ... To live a complete and fulfilling life all of the above should be implemented. ... Life should be lived to the fullest but an individual should realize the consequences of each action and learn from his mistakes only then can they become a better person....

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City life has got to be one of the most exciting places to live. Many people seem to think city life is too fast paced or too fake for them to enjoy a city life. ... In conclusion, living in the city can be a very exciting place to live and work. Because, city life has many things too offer from entertainment, convenience, and the people that life here. ... That is why I love the city so much, because I have lived in both worlds. ...

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They are made insecure by the speaker challenging the way their lives are lived because he lives his life differently, and is content with it when he says "The shame I win for singing is all mine/ The gold I miss for dreaming is all yours."" ... Richard Cory met all society's expectations for him because that is what he lived for. ... Richard Cory is unable to find meaning because he is unable to live for himself. He is forced to live for others due to his position and status in the world. ... In other words, her family, the people that care for her, bring her to the epiphany that her ...

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The world we live in is thousand years old. ... Life is not same for every person. ... He may live in a slum in a small hut and there is filth and dirt everywhere at the same time another person may be sleeping, or playing with his friends, or riding a luxurious car and live in a big house. There is so much difference between the lives of these two persons but still they live. ... This proves the greatness of life. ...

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When we can live our daily life deeply and genuinely, we begin to feel free and are able to live; we can see the true nature of life. ... You are given an extraordinary thing, which is life, and you should use it to fulfil everything you desire, that is how life should be lived. ... If our life is filled with being caught in the restraints of pain and suffering, then our life doesn't have the same kind of meaning as if we live in freedom. Knowing that we have to die, I am determined to live my life properly, deeply. ... Mohandas Gandhi, spoke openly about how to live life: "Do not ...

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Are we to live good and decent lives, abiding by the laws of our religion, or our government. ... For me, to believe that there is a higher meaning in life other than to strictly procreate, I must believe there is a god. ... Plato believes that we live in a world of shadows, that our senses are not to be trusted, instead we should trust our minds. ... Plato lived in a much different world than we do today; he never knew what we knew. ... We will always strive for such a life, and in time I believe we will create such a place. ...

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The quality of life...let's see. I think that at my age it is quite hard to state with definite certanity whether or not I think the quality of my life is good; I don't have many life experiences that I could weigh that question upon. ... Over the past couple of days I have refined all of these principles into a set of conclusions, which neither unique nor profound, hang together for me personally and guide how I intend to consistently live life. ... And that group of people is ever changing and expanding the longer I live. 2) Anything worth having is not going to be given to me. ......

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On the other end, there could be nothing at all, no after life, meaning we only have one chance to experience life in this universe, we live and die and the universe moves on. ... Because there is only one truth and any possibility motivates me to live a life where I could be happy and smile in my last hour. ... But I'd like to believe that we live on after we die. ... And if not, I'd like to believe we live on through the love we give while still alive. ... A part of me that is the love I gave, will live on and that's enough for me. ...

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- Aristotle Growing up, every child wishes to live a life of happiness and prosperity. ... This is what we all envision as a good life but as Aristotle puts it, to have a good life it's not all about wealth and power but a more sophisticated theory to a good life. ... So try to become powerful because power is what there is. " It is in my opinion that Aristotle's theory is correct, that a well-lived life is an active life of doing what is virtuous or excellent for humans to do. ... I've put myself in a supportive community of fellow friends and professors that are willing to ...

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Valuing life is the most important thing you could ever do. Simple actions can be taken rather easily to live a life with happiness surrounding you 24/7. ... In a speech by Steve Jobs, "You've got to find what you love" he stated that he was fired from his own company, had enough money to live for the rest of his life workless, but he still admired what he did so he created another company which is still popular to this day. ... Older generations are preparing the newer generations for the world they're going to have to live in. ... They're all strangers but learned to...

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One such take on the meaning of life is that life itself is completely hopeless. ... Thomas Hardy's take on life can be clearly seen. ... In his mind there is no reason to live because no one remembers you anyway. ... Hardy believes life is pointless because no one will remember you anyway. Houseman believes that to live is to be hopeless, and would rather die young and in his prime. ...

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Hopes And Dreams: Overcoming Adversity After watching the movie "Suggestions On How To Live A Happy And Rewarding Personal and Professional Life" two quotes stuck out in which I thought were basic necessities and a fundamental component in establishing a successful life. ... If someone believes they can live their life, filled with hope, and try and become successful then no one can take away the sense of pride, the understanding of security, and their overall happiness. ... King of his hope, and because of that he succeeded in life. ... No matter how tough life may seem at sometimes or how...

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I acknowledge the fact that life is meant for us to be lived, to be enjoyed and like a philosopher may say," this is just a resting place." Nevertheless the analogy from nature is not relevant to human life. ... As a student, I have faced many hurdles in life both at school and at home. ... They, too, undoubtedly have tasted the bitterness of life but have succeeded in surmounting it. ... In other words living life monotonously. ...

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Religion, of course, provides every follower with a reason for existence, mainly to be good to others and live a happy life. ... Tolstoy observed that faith and religion existed so that man can live. ... Faith is the power of life." ... If a person did not believe he lived for a purpose, he would not choose to live. ... One argument brought up by Tolstoy is that if life had no meaning, no one would live it. ...

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Life in Traditional India Imagine a place where a caste system rules the life of its people, where no matter how hard one works the caste one is in decides their life and where cow dung is considered a magical healer. ... Within a country so far from the modern world, people live strictly by religion and tradition, by following their castes. ... Ones who lived the saintly life that was meant for them, those who chose not to live in a priestly way and chose other professions and those who chose to use their power otherwise. For those that truly did live a "simple and pious- life they chose t...

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The life on this earth is quite enough for any reasonable man. But there is no harm in getting a new base of life, if one can have all the good things of life. ... The world in which we live is necessarily an imperfect world, and man is, as it were, sandwiched between. ... After all life is not spirit but matter. Some of us who are spiritually inclined towards life, may not like this picture of life, but they can have their own type of life when they are born again. ...

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Learning how to live would be much more enjoyable if we learned from such things as facing our fears or trying new things. ... Keeping faith would be to gain the question is; what you can learn from it. " I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life " This phrase explains why keeping faith would pull you through in life, by showing us that keeping at it can push us through when things get complicated. This means that being positive and living life to its fullest not taking advantage of the little things in life like health and family. ... Sometimes this faith allows us to live da...

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In the earlystage, it is an important aspect of soceity that helps the person to live a life worth remembering. Education provides the power that adds meaning to our life. ... Toinvolve ourselves in the society,we must develop a personality in way that enables us to get respect for our actions.Education helps us to shape our personal charateristics which help us to live a life worth remebering. ... Education helps an individual to live a life worth remebering. ... Education is the gift that ads meaning and purposeto life and is thus the thing I value most in life....

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It's very hard for me to answer that right now in my point of life. I really don't know myself as well as I should, but that's just part of life. ... As for now, the only thing that I can say about me and why I am here is to live life to the fullest. ... I"m also her to respect other peoples opinions in life, ideas, and talents. ... Another goal in my life is to start my own graphic designing firm. ...

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It is a hard idea to accept that you should ignore all other factors around you to accomplish your duty, when you live in a world of constant sensations and distractions. ... Since "suffering is the fruit of passions " we have to strive for a lucid understanding of the world, for fear that if we do not we must live our lives over and over again with continual suffering and occasional joy. ... I live in this nature with a yearning for gaining and attaining more from life, and I subconsciously focus on what I have and what I do not yet hold. ... The twisting and winding of Krishna's words...

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