James C. KlaggeDepartment of

PhilosophyVirginia Tech

Greek: Telos“purpose”

Latin: Nihil“nothing”

Hamlet: “…thinking makes it

so.”

1)1)PluralisticPluralistic2)2)Non-VoluntaristicNon-Voluntaristic3)3)Non-PlatonicNon-Platonic

1)1) Enough activities engaged in Enough activities engaged in for their own sake.for their own sake.

2)2) Enough contribution to Enough contribution to something outside itself.something outside itself.

3)3) Enough intentional structure. Enough intentional structure.

Wow!

-Jackie Robinson’s tombstone

Methusaleh969 years

““What kinds of lives are What kinds of lives are meaningful?”meaningful?”