Lets Get Typical
Posted on: November 25, 2006, at 02:12:31am

When it comes right down to it, what is the final cause(Aristotilian?) of our existance? Do we live to be immortalized? To be remembered forever by all of mankind...perhaps a metaphorical heaven if you will. Or do we live for our drive? That is of course, opposed to our placement in social stratification or heirarchy. It seems to me that human beings as a community value social worth and materialization increasly more then the former. Why is this so? What is it about our race, our collective unconscious, that deems this appropriate? More and more as I age I come to value that an individual should indulge in their drive, their ID, when possible. When it comes right down to it, i believe it to be a selfish idealogy, however i cant help but stress that an individual should have noone higher on their list of importance then themself; take it as you will.

1. 1: kageyoshi
   Posted at 8:39pm on September 22nd, 2007

   this is true but as each generation passes the have more than wat the previous one had which causes them to think they have nothin makin them want more. whether its possession to opinion. it will always keep changin.and being selfish is good to a certain extent.
2. 2: Tyren
   Posted at 10:53am on September 25th, 2007

   I dont think there is ever an extent to which an individual cannot be selfish, for all actions are done for self gain in one medium or another.
   This need for social worth is a defense mechanism of society to prevent its demise from occuring through apathy. A strong head on ones shoulders should be able to see through the illusion that you speak of, unfortunately many fail to do so thus immersing the individual into the continuous masquerade of social formality.