Comments on: Arete: The Meaning of Life http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott H Young » You Are Going to Lose Everything Eventually http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-310950 Scott H Young » You Are Going to Lose Everything Eventually Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:01:12 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-310950 [...] In the end, everyone will be poor and alone. Trying to accumulate these secondary parts of life can add comfort, but it can’t replace the quest for deeper virtues. Qualities like excellence, creation, honor and courage are the meaningful parts of life because they are not defined by their permanence. The meaning of an impermanent life is arete. [...] [...] In the end, everyone will be poor and alone. Trying to accumulate these secondary parts of life can add comfort, but it can’t replace the quest for deeper virtues. Qualities like excellence, creation, honor and courage are the meaningful parts of life because they are not defined by their permanence. The meaning of an impermanent life is arete. [...]

]]> By: Scott Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-288969 Scott Young Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:33:30 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-288969 Dave, It's continuing. Arete is more philosophy than specific application, so I keep it in my focus more generally. But thanks for the comment. -Scott Dave,

It’s continuing. Arete is more philosophy than specific application, so I keep it in my focus more generally. But thanks for the comment.

-Scott

]]> By: Dave Thurston http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-288835 Dave Thurston Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:18:41 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-288835 Scott, how is this working out? a bit of time has passed since you posted this - how are you keeping arete on the front burner? Scott, how is this working out? a bit of time has passed since you posted this – how are you keeping arete on the front burner?

]]> By: Scott Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-267248 Scott Young Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:06:01 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-267248 Loren, Great ideas, I've appreciated your comments on some recent entries. -Scott Loren,

Great ideas, I’ve appreciated your comments on some recent entries.

-Scott

]]> By: Loren http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-267134 Loren Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:25:50 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-267134 Another decent blog. You are asking all the right questions. Again, it all comes down to balance. You cannot have the Yin (happiness), without the Yang(purpose/service) and vice/versa. If you you follow my "live in 3D" understanding, you realize that we are complexed creatures that cannot live life in only one dimension. We must satisfy our creativity, love, comfort, success, relationships, sense of freedom, and security iches. If we don't scratch any one of these, the ich only becomes more bothersome. Many things we do can satisfy one or many of these iches. (ex. life as an ebay Powerseller might be filled with creating/building new niches of stuff to sell (creativity) while selling from home (comfort) and taking days off to be with family (sense of freedom/relationships/love) After collecting his fees and building up his financial reserves, he can relax and enjoy other hobbies. (success/security) Another decent blog. You are asking all the right questions.
Again, it all comes down to balance. You cannot have the Yin (happiness), without the Yang(purpose/service) and vice/versa. If you you follow my “live in 3D” understanding, you realize that we are complexed creatures that cannot live life in only one dimension. We must satisfy our creativity, love, comfort, success, relationships, sense of freedom, and security iches. If we don’t scratch any one of these, the ich only becomes more bothersome.
Many things we do can satisfy one or many of these iches.

(ex. life as an ebay Powerseller might be filled with creating/building new niches of stuff to sell (creativity) while selling from home (comfort) and taking days off to be with family (sense of freedom/relationships/love) After collecting his fees and building up his financial reserves, he can relax and enjoy other hobbies. (success/security)

]]> By: imeanlife http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-255509 imeanlife Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:48:21 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-255509 According to a statistics, there are 430 million English speaking internet users. Are they enough to answer the biggest question? What would happen if all of them visited this website and wrote a sentence? Would we find the ultimate answer? I don't think so, but who knows... Our only goal is to collect as many of these sentences as possible. What about you? Have you ever thought about the reason of life? Do you have a minute to do that now? We just need a sentence! It can be funny or serious, happy or sad, philosophical or casual. It can be your own thought or a quote from your favourite writer or just from the grocer around the corner. It has to meet just one requirement! It should be one of the endless possible answers to the question: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? www.imeanlife.com According to a statistics, there are 430 million English speaking internet users. Are they enough to answer the biggest question? What would happen if all of them visited this website and wrote a sentence? Would we find the ultimate answer? I don’t think so, but who knows…

Our only goal is to collect as many of these sentences as possible.

What about you? Have you ever thought about the reason of life? Do you have a minute to do that now?

We just need a sentence! It can be funny or serious, happy or sad, philosophical or casual. It can be your own thought or a quote from your favourite writer or just from the grocer around the corner.

It has to meet just one requirement! It should be one of the endless possible answers to the question:

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
http://www.imeanlife.com

]]> By: Sameer http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-171256 Sameer Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:57:37 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-171256 That is fantastic. Thank you! That is fantastic. Thank you!

]]> By: Scott H Young » Do Things to Do Them http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-169195 Scott H Young » Do Things to Do Them Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:01:21 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-169195 [...] weeks ago, I wrote about arete as an alternative view on the meaning of life. The idea is that arete, which basically means quality or excellence, could be the basis of what to [...] [...] weeks ago, I wrote about arete as an alternative view on the meaning of life. The idea is that arete, which basically means quality or excellence, could be the basis of what to [...]

]]> By: Making a Habit of Chaging Habits | Productivity and Personal Development http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-168897 Making a Habit of Chaging Habits | Productivity and Personal Development Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:36:17 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-168897 [...] ways to improve yourself everyday, but understand that it’s a constant work in progress. Focus on becoming excellent, not perfect, and practice this virtue everyday.We become excellent through habit, and having the [...] [...] ways to improve yourself everyday, but understand that it’s a constant work in progress. Focus on becoming excellent, not perfect, and practice this virtue everyday.We become excellent through habit, and having the [...]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Weekend Links: Radical Simplicity Edition http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-165218 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Weekend Links: Radical Simplicity Edition Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:43:35 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/03/12/arete-the-meaning-of-life/#comment-165218 [...] Arete: The Meaning of Life | Scott Young Scott’s been blogging recently about the concept of “Arete” (a terrible word but exciting concept). In essence, the idea of arete is seeking extreme quality in everything you pursue. In this post, and another, Scott has begun the work of spinning a life philosphy around the concept. I think he’s on to something interesting here. [...] [...] Arete: The Meaning of Life | Scott Young Scott’s been blogging recently about the concept of “Arete” (a terrible word but exciting concept). In essence, the idea of arete is seeking extreme quality in everything you pursue. In this post, and another, Scott has begun the work of spinning a life philosphy around the concept. I think he’s on to something interesting here. [...]

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