[Glossary] What Makes Living Worthwhile

1. (Clark 1988, 18): "Physical means of living have been multiplied, but the purpose and end of life, which alone make the means worthwhile, have faded from view."

(Clark 1988, 18): "These fragments of civilization, Thorndike's thirty-seven fragments, are accepted as valuable in themselves alone without a suspicion that a life of detached fragments has no value at all. Why not commit suicide and save so much bother? Seriously, why not?"

A life of detached fragments has no value at all.

It is the purpose of life that makes the living worthwhile.

The living is the means to achieve the purpose of life.


Reference:

Clark, Gordon H. 1988. A Christian Philosophy of Education. 2nd ed. Jefferson, Maryland: The Trinity Foundation.

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