I am writing a research paper in philosophy, over the "big questions". I have chosen "is there purpose in human existence?" One requirement is to use primary sources (original papers, or books by the philosopher) however I cannot find which philosophers originally asked this or even works of notable philosophers that have posed this question.
Which philosopher first asked "Is there purpose in human existance?"?
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Did some research hope this may help....Gautama (Buddha), Rousseau, and Voltaire took different paths in search of enlightenment
Voltaire became part of a European rationalist movement known as the Enlightenment. Its followers returned to the ideas of the ancient Greeks—namely, that human reason and scientific investigation are the keys to true enlightenment. Another member of the rationalist movement, Bernard de Fontenelle, felt that human reason on its own would lead mankind to “a century which will become more enlightened day by day, so that all previous centuries will be lost in darkness by comparison.”—Encyclopædia Britannica
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