Philosophy cartoon or illustration
A man carrying a huge question mark, burdened by questions
A cartoon showing a man struggling to carry a huge, cumbersome question mark on his back. The dot of the question mark is a ball and chain attached to his ankle.
This is a cartoon about the burden that some people feel concerning questions about life, death, morality, existence, purpose, religion, spirituality, the meaning of life and so on
The fact that most of these questions are unanswerable can be something of a burden to some people depending on their psychological makeup.
Socrates said “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
This illustration suggests that it’s possible to overdo the questioning.
The burden of some questions are possibly a reason that some people turn to religion for answers, as religions claim to be able to answer the unanswerable questions
Drawn: February 2011
Cartoon reference number: que25
