David Swenson And Leo Tolstoy: The Meaning Of Life
From my perspective, I consider life to be more meaningful when an individual is happy. The meaning of life or happiness can be derived from the existence an adequate ultimate power that originates from God. Therefore having faith and believing in God brings happiness and a more understanding of the real meaning of life. Faith strengthens the belief in after death and brings people closer to God. Notably, this would bring happiness and a more meaning to live. However, being a non-believer can result in a meaningless life. Therefore, this paper has been conceived to try to understand the arguments about the meaning life from atheistic view while considering the story of Leo Tolstoy and David Swenson.
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He explains that the true purpose of life is to establish a subjective conviction to achieve happiness. Also, service of moral consciousness through faith and action reveals the presence of Almighty God thereby giving meaning and dignity to live. In his arguments, he states finding a unifying view life is essential for the young people who are planning to participate in the society (Klemeke & Cahn, p. 17). The desire for happiness is a universal human principle; he support this point by stating that genuine happiness is internally felt and can provide a solution to various challenges of life (Klemke, 18).
Swenson proposes the idea that happiness should only be sought in the moral consciousness. The only way to safeguard against the dilemmas associated with the laws of uncertainty is to cultivate an inward desire to serve God. It will lead to genuine happiness and meaningful life. He notes that happiness is not a pleasant moment of enjoyment of the present for thinking beings, but needs something deeper. Total happiness requires life to be infused with a sense of meaning, reason, and …show more content…
He relates his experiences while giving details of how he was triumphal in his and was in want of nothing (Tolstoy, p.18). But when Tolstoy began questioning the process, he felt some burden and even with all the beauties that life has provided, he could not enjoy the rest of his life knowing that something evil was around. He depicts the deception of pleasures of life as evil, as he views that the desires will come to end with an event of death. Tolstoy rational thinking has not enabled to find a definite answer for the meaning of
He explains that the true purpose of life is to establish a subjective conviction to achieve happiness. Also, service of moral consciousness through faith and action reveals the presence of Almighty God thereby giving meaning and dignity to live. In his arguments, he states finding a unifying view life is essential for the young people who are planning to participate in the society (Klemeke & Cahn, p. 17). The desire for happiness is a universal human principle; he support this point by stating that genuine happiness is internally felt and can provide a solution to various challenges of life (Klemke, 18).
Swenson proposes the idea that happiness should only be sought in the moral consciousness. The only way to safeguard against the dilemmas associated with the laws of uncertainty is to cultivate an inward desire to serve God. It will lead to genuine happiness and meaningful life. He notes that happiness is not a pleasant moment of enjoyment of the present for thinking beings, but needs something deeper. Total happiness requires life to be infused with a sense of meaning, reason, and …show more content…
He relates his experiences while giving details of how he was triumphal in his and was in want of nothing (Tolstoy, p.18). But when Tolstoy began questioning the process, he felt some burden and even with all the beauties that life has provided, he could not enjoy the rest of his life knowing that something evil was around. He depicts the deception of pleasures of life as evil, as he views that the desires will come to end with an event of death. Tolstoy rational thinking has not enabled to find a definite answer for the meaning of