PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Mother Teresa
13 Feb 2013
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The different meaning of the word meaning. Teleological meaning: purposes a person has rather than trivial; positive value, performed with zest. Possible to have one of these and not the other, when the life has both he calls it. Does he speak frolic christianity no. Provides a paradigm, prime example, model to try to pattern our lives we try to imitate. Model involves suffereing; not about revenge, reading the gospels isn"t about the. You have to suffer injustice and despised insulted and mocked. No real self denial, religious readers, ego maniacs and etc. A life of a christian will have a teleological meaning. Many do not believe in the life after death idea. Positive axiological meaning; positive meaning of life. Some call it epistemic referring to knowledge when you say you know about your faith. Epistemic modesty : can"t say that you"re religion is better than other religions.
