Abstract

History and philosophy are different, pay attention to the history of the "real" philosophy about "truth", the two disparate ways of truth across time, real time is limited, the two can complement each other, intriguing. Strictly speaking, life is the pursuit of truth is the truth, from truth and perspective, it is human nature, including the meaning of life, the ultimate life, life, attitude, life's content, although a different era, but are may have a common idea; from the real perspective, different people have different times of encounters, there are different reactions, often affect the interpretation of life. This is an interesting topic, but also a reflection of the problems fat people. This paper from the historical process of change, from a life time and lasted a total of two different positions, the modern view of life on the interpretation, especially by affecting two major turning point in Western thought: "death of God" and "people death "to seek the meaning of life. History, distinct from philosophy, is about the "reality" while philosophy is about "truth." The truth can transcends time, while the reality is confined within the boundaries of time; it's intriguing whether the two of them are complimentary to one another. Strictly speaking, life is after both the truth and the reality. In terms of the truth, it's the essence of human being, including the meaning of life, the ultimate of life, the attitude about life and the content of life; people may have similar thoughts even if they are from different times. Regarding the reality, people from different times have different encounters and different responses, which often affect one's reading of life. This is an intriguing as well as a thought-provoking question. This paper is intended to interpret the modern views about life in terms of the transitions of history from the different positions of synchrony and diachrony. In particular, we search for the meaning of life through the two major turning points that have made great impact on Western thoughts: the " death of God "and the" death of Man. "