What is a life well lived? Are there Principles that exist outside space and time, eternal Principles of infinite worth, immovable bedrock Principles that can never be disrupted or unseated though the universe itself should cease to exist? If so, then I want to construct my life on those Principles. Is there Truth -- statements that hold true in every corner of the cosmos, for every particle of matter, for every being on the spectrum of life and sentience, and for all time? If so, then that Truth is what I want to light my path. What does it mean for this to be 'better' than that ? Is there some unfailing Yardstick that can always tell me what is the better of two things, two choices, two paths? If so, then I want that Yardstick always by my side. But how do I know? Ancient wisdom, modern learning, religions with their doctrines and deities, philosophies with their axioms and postulates, all make claims about what is the Best Way, what are the most enduring Truths and the mos
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