meaningless It's all Meaningless

reply to post by johnb


Voltaire's Candide is also insightful for this mindset.

It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss.[6] The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".

reply to post by truthermantwo

i gave up trying to figure it all out years ago trutherman two now i just enjoy going along for the ride and see where it takes me at the end of the day .

good thing about having no expectations i will not be disappointed at the end of the day