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While law, mathematics, and philosophy are all used to approach different problems, ideas, or inquiries, the techniques they use differ from each other. Mathematics abides by formulas and equations, while law is a set of regulations that is set by a society. Philosophy, on the other hand, is a unique discipline. Using it one can look at various topics through many prospective. Any subject that is cohesive, rich, complex, and significant, can be approached through a philosophical view. Explanation, reason, and knowledge are ways to examine a topic through philosophy. One subject that is brought up constantly while a rational being is thinking philosophically is the meaning of life. There is no way to look at the question, “What is the meaning of life?” as just one question in itself. Philosophers break the query down into three different kinds of questions; cosmological, omni-personal, and personal. The first question, the cosmological, is, “Why does the universe exist?” Leo Tolstoy, for many years, felt that the answer to this was, “Because it exists.” Combined with the personal question, “Why do I exist?” Tolstoy was driven close to madness b