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Text Task:
Consider the meaning of your life featured against the backdrop of a universe of enormous size and age; has your life meaning in this big context? Then, consider the meaning of your life in the context of social relations of our personal world. Has your life meaning in social reality?
Consider the meaning of mortality. How do you consider the fact of your own impending mortality? Is there any positive meaning attached to death?
Video Task: Each of the following relates to meaning and happiness in life. Give each a try and comment on EACH of them in relation to meaning and happiness.
EpictetusKing's College London: History of Philosophy's Greatest Hits: Epictetus
02- Epicurus on Happiness - Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness
06 - Nietzsche on Hardship - Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness