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Buddha's view on life
Buddha believed that there are no self-caused entities, and that everything dependently arises from or upon something else. Buddha belieaved in a middle way between the extremes of dogmatism and skepticism, emphasizing personal experience, a pragmatic attitude, and the use of critical thinking toward all types of knowledge.
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Peter Abelard
Abelard believes in God and that he created us as individuals and that we all have a purpose to fullfill in life. he thought that the main point of life is to love yourself and others. -
Richard Cumberland
Cumberland believes in doing eveything in life for the common good of you and the people around you.He also includes both happiness and perfection, as partrs of the common good. He believes you should not only do things to make yourselff happy but instead to do things that will make yourself and the people around you happy and at peace. -
John Dewey
Dewey was member of the American school of thought known as pragmatism, a view that rejected the dualistic epistemology and metaphysics of modern philosophy in favor of a naturalistic approach that viewed knowledge as arising from an active adaptation of the human organism to its environment -
Plato
According to Plato the good life is one of ethical virtue and practical wisdom and having common ethical virtues. -
Aristotle
Aristotle believes happinnes is the key to life and finding what makes you happy and how to achieve that is one of the main goals of your life. -
Epicurus
Epicurus believed that as rational beings, we should try to pursue pleasure as rationally and intelligently as possible and that we should use our freedom to make good choices. -
Socrates
Socrates believed that the purpose of human life was personal and spiritual growth. We are unable to grow toward greater understanding of our true nature unless we take the time to examine and reflect upon our life. -
Jesus
Jesus believed that you should not live for yourself but that you should live to help others and make other people happy. He believed you shouldn't leave people in need but instead help them.