# Meaning in life

People have answered what makes a life meaningful in many ways: serving a god, loving others, making something that lasts, understanding the world, or accepting that nothing is given and making it up. These stand side by side here.

Connects to:
- [Ethics and meaning](https://mapideas.org/i/ethics)
- [Aging and death](https://mapideas.org/i/li_death)
- [Living without religion](https://mapideas.org/i/re_nonrel)
- [Why do we age?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_aging)
- [What gives life meaning?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_purpose)

Sources:
- [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Meaning of Life](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning/)
- [Wikipedia: Meaning of life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/et_meaning · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#et_meaning