The purpose of living is thinking

Cao Qian
1 min readMay 29, 2021

What is the purpose of living my human life? No doubt, this is the question that contemplate by most existents of our species. Same for me, one curious human being. I starts to ponder on this question pretty late, at late 20s.

After a few days of inner reflection of my own life, i believe that i have an answer now. The purpose of living is to think. Think differs us from other species. Most animals and some plants can react, but they cannot think. Thinking is the unique joy of every human being. It is the evidence of one’s existence. You can never know the thinking our the other person, and no one can ever know what you have thought about. The space of thinking is unique yours, and no one can take it away. It is more reliable than social status, wealth and even life it self. Even after one has left the world, the embodiment of one thinking can continue to exists in the world.

For the human being species, thinking led to almost all significant advancement of human society. Science and philosophy do not work without human thinking.

So, enjoy thinking.

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