Sinnerfüllung des Daseins
English translation: self-realization / self-actualization
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| 5 | the reason for living - raison d'etre |
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| 5 | give meaning |
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| 4 | self-realization / self-actualization |
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| 3 | from which mankind derives the meaning of life |
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the reason for living - raison d'etre Explanation: ...mankind's activities, upon which its accomplishing the purposes of its existence in dependent. |
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give meaning Explanation: "... that the central and natural activities of mankind, which give meaning to existence, ..." That is how I would translate this. |
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self-realization / self-actualization Explanation: Well, this is really difficult. I think the translation you end up using will not be a literal one at all. A literal translation would be something like fulfilment of meaning of existence Dasein, of course, being existence or being, and Sinnerfüllung fulfliment of meaning. See: http://www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/congresses/sibmas88/man... In the West the notion of work is to a large extent identical with the notion of "Sinnerfüllung" (the fulfilment of meaning). But that first solution is awkward. To find a better one, one must look at common usage. Sinnerfüllung des Daseins is a key concept in the ethical system of eudaemonism (also spelled eudaimonism). Here is a brief definition in German of eudaemonism: Eudämonismus: Eine philosophische Ansicht, die die Sinnerfüllung menschlichen Daseins im Glück des Einzelnen oder der Gemeinschaft sieht. http://www.paed-quest.de/nok/faecher/religion/glossar/e.html ...and here is an English definition of the same concept: eudaemonism --in ethics, a self-realization theory that makes happiness or personal well-being the chief good for man. http://search.britannica.com/search?miid=1150383&query=eudae... Here are some other references to eudaemonism: http://www.creatinglearningcommunities.org/book/additional/r... Around the time of the Declaration of Independence bicentennial celebration, philosopher David Norton published Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism. It is a remarkable book that explores the pre-Hellenic Greek notion of self-actualization ethics or eudaimonism as well as presents his theory of eudaimonism. http://www.dailyobjectivist.com/Spir/SelfInterestEnough.asp Thus eudaimonism or self-actualization acknowledges individuality, as well as Man's generic nature as a rational animal. Properly defined, this concept can help us make specific choices regarding careers, parenting, recreation, relationships and other issues. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4095/fulfill.html The Greeks named their approach "eudaimonism," which derives from the word "daimon" or genius. The daimon is the potential self we are born with; eudaimonism is the process of discovering the nature of this daimon and actualizing it. The modem term is self-actualization. I prefer "self-realization" to distinguish my approach from the others. http://home.att.net/~sandgryan/essays_on_objectivism/ocr/cha... The resulting ethic, a sort of “multi-person egoism” very much in the mainstream of traditional idealism (for example T.H. Green’s Prolegomena to Ethics and F.H. Bradley’s Ethical Studies), is really a version of eudaimonism, which I (and others) have suggested calling “rational eudaimonism.” What this ethic seeks to promote is human self-realization and self-fulfillment, but it does not consign each person exclusively to the sole pursuit of his own fulfillment as an artificially isolated ideal. On this account, our ethical ideal is, quite literally, a “common good” that at once coherently includes our individual goods and provides the foundation of our rights against one another. as above |
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from which mankind derives the meaning of life Explanation: "... from which man[kind] derives the meaning of life.." I think that is what is meant here, phrased in the usual heavy German style. You can play around with it a bit to get the idea of being dependent on (did you mean abhängen?) - ...which are central to man's search for a meaning to life ... / a prerequisite to man finding a meaning to life / closely connected to man's ability to find ... etc. Hope that helps Ineke |
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