The base of life/beliefs/actions, in mental terms-philosophy Options

[LordAwesome]

It all comes down to a few things. The base is desire. then perception, followed by justification and acceptence. Before any given action, there exists a desire, and this desire is shaped by how the person percieves things. Then they have to justify these actions to themselves, and maybe others. They must then also accept what they have done. Also, it is then decided as good or bad. basicly that's what it comes down to.

I'd like to post a sound clip of Bertrand Russell speaking shortly about desire, i find it interesting.

i'll also touch on the MEANING od life itself here soon, i'm rather tired right now, so i think this will be all i have to say for awhile. though you should see how i connect this ideal with most other beliefs i will present.

[LordAwesome]

well, one could say we percieve life as being precious, and we desire to preserve said life. so one would escape from said lion ^^

desire is really the base. man desires, for the most part, to live, so that would shape his perception of the situation as a dangerous, and undesireable one, it works both ways

[illumineering]

well, one could say we percieve life as being precious, and we desire to preserve said life. so one would escape from said lion ^^

desire is really the base. man desires, for the most part, to live, so that would shape his perception of the situation as a dangerous, and undesireable one, it works both ways

Desire is to wish for something. A wish cannot be perceived prior to some type of observation/analysis. Desire cannot be the base of life.

well, one could say we percieve life as being precious, and we desire to preserve said life.

This is a generalization based on your desire, therefore it is not necessarily valid. You are also forgetting the extremely critical variable of time. Time is necessary for this whole scenario to exist. As a result, I would argue that it is of a more fundamental importance to life than any component of your abstraction. Without enough of it available, your theory is not only impossible, it yields to randomness or even chaos.