The Nature of Human Life.pptx

1. OVERVIEW OF WHY ARE
YOU AND THE NATURE
OF HUMAN LIFE
Chapter Four
Mrs. Maria Dolores O. Ojo
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2. • In the course of human history, philosophers has given
many different answers to this question, many differ ideals
of being human and of living human life. The question
searches the philosophical purpose or goal of being human
and of an ideal existence. We call such ideals "humanisms."
As we study the different religion and cultures we discover
many different humanisms which have inspired guided men
and women through ages. Hence, in this chapter we shall be
consider the nature of human life and a variety of ideals of
true humanness a life of excellence of various cultures and
traditions or of what human be ought to live up to in order
to be considered truly human.

3. • Answer T if the statement is correct and F if it is incorrect.
1. The Buddha left a heavenly home whereas Christ left a worldly home.
2. In Hinduism, cows are treated with special veneration.
3. Wu wei states that man should restrict his activities to what is necessary
and extraordinary.
4. Optimists have the ability to find a positive choice in any situation.
5. Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists do not drink alcoholic beverages.
6. Christians believe that everything a person does has spiritual, social, and
physical connotations.
7. lslam is a faith with no priests, and no hierarchical authority.
8. Confucians believe that man's perfection and happiness can be realized
and achieved in social life.
9. Hindus are vegetarians since they believe that animals contain
reincarnated souls.
10.Taoism teaches that a sage enjoys the peace of the soul and therefore is
not disturbed by emotions.

4. Cosmic issues heighten the curiosity and passion
of man regarding the nature of human life. In this
section, human life will be examined in the cosmic
sense, i.e., from the perspectives of man’s experience
with the world.

5. Pessimists consider this world at a living hell. It is
infested with all forms of evil and suffering. To understand this,
we have to visit the hospitals where helpless and hapless patients
who are suffering from all kinds of lingering sickness and
communicable diseases are confined; we have to see for ourselves
the crushed, charred, and mangled victims of vehicular
accidents, the casualties of typhoons, foods, volcanic eruptions,
plagues, wars, earthquakes, fire, etc.

6. Pessimists view that life is a kind
of mistake and the greatest crime of
man is that he ever was born. For
man is born to until he dies, whereas
he did not choose to be born: He is
being punished for assuming an
existence that he never asks for at
all.

7. Pessimists view that life is a
kind of mistake and the greatest
crime of man is that he ever was
born. For man is born to until he
dies, whereas he did not choose
to be born: He is being punished
for assuming an existence that
he never asks for at all.

8. Pessimists believe that life is
disappointing. Temporary happiness
makes their suffering more
unbearable for it will just leave them
unsatisfied and yearn for happiness.

9. Pessimists hold that life is no good
and has no purpose. Life is an irrational
purposeless striving to a pointless
existence. Life is full of rocks and
whirlpools, which they avoid with the
greatest and solitude, although he
knows that even if he succeeds in
getting through with all his efforts and
skills, he comes nearer at every step to
the total, inevitable, and irremediable
shipwreck, death, or even right upon it.