Being alive is the first prerequisite for a person to be in the world:having a life is a basic condition for engaging in other activities.In addition to labor,the human desire constitutes the internal driving force for survival.Human desire is related to human sensory existence.Being alive is certainly a prerequisite for human existence,but there is no fundamental difference between humans and animals in this aspect.The basic distinction between humans and animals is that animals can only live in the ways limited by their species,while humans always strive to live better and are actually able to survive in a better way.A better life cannot be achieved without the diverse efforts of individuals themselves,which are manifested in different creative activities.The generation of meaning is based on human actions,and a meaningful life is also inseparable from the role of humans.The existence of an individual is always limited,and a good or meaningful life involves the sublation of this limitation.People are unable to make their lives last forever,but they can make permanent cultural influences.In the diverse development of human activities,the tension between the finite existence of life and the infinite meaning of life will continue to be developed and sublated.
Human ExistenceCreative ActivitiesFiniteness and Its Transcendence