Is the purpose of life to feel?

Seriously, no!

Yes I think feeling and emotion are a big part of humans and should remain so. Without compassion, the world would be a worse place. Without impulsiveness and desire, the greatest inventions would not exist. Without anger and sadness for our lost ones, medical research and breakthroughs would not have happened.

My temperament on the Meyer-Briggs personality test is an NF (intuitive feeler), as opposed to an NT or ST (intuitive thinker or sensing thinker). People with a more dominant "feeling" side maybe be more subjective and compassionate and caring to others but may make factual errors. People with a more dominant thinking side may be less likely to sympathize with other people, and make errors in understanding others' feelings, but make less factual errors.

I think both feeling and thinking sides of the human are important and people should strive for a balance (although people tend to have a dominant side, perhaps by a combo of upbringing and genetic disposition?). It's my opinion that a "mature mind" should be a more balanced one.

EDIT: As for whether feeling is the sole purpose of life, that I can't answer. Some people don't think there's any purpose in life :-) But since we're here, we might as well feel and think and do anything we can, because we can.

NB: A common misconception of the Meyer-Briggs test it that it measures ability. It does not. It measures preference. I am an engineering student, after all (software engineering)

It's all about purpose, isn't it? I could say eating, for the same reasons you have enlisted to defend emoting. Or perhaps work? I spend over a fourth of every week working (40 hours X 4 equals 160, a week is 168 hours a week, and I get lots of overtime). An Eskimo would suggest Snow as a purpose of existence, eh? The Eskimo language has over 200 words for Snow. It is obviously a very pervasive part of their lives--after all, their world is filled with only two other things, Polar Bears and Penguins, maybe a few Salmon here and there. An Ethiopian would say Sand, for the same reason an Eskimo would say Snow. Meanwhile, I think that both the Eskimo would be looking askance at the Ethiopian, and the Ethiopian would be scowling at the Eskimo.

Really, I understand why you believe your theory, but I can't say I agree with you fully. Although there isn't a human being that was born without emotions, it really isn't the only purpose of life.

Actually, I believe that everyone's purpose in life is different, and it can vary from things from 'giving life to a child, who will become in importance to the world' to 'bringing death to someone important, whether it is to improve the world or not'. I'm a rather strange philosopher I suppose... even though I believe in the logical side of life, I also believe in things that shouldn't exist... improbable things like love, esp, gods and goddesses. In doing so I believe that I was told in a dream these meanings, which is why I'm so sure of myself.

But, in all seriousness, the true purpose of life is to die. Scientifically, our purpose is to die, so our bodies can stay in the circle of life, and to make room for another child.

I didn't do much detail, I suppose. I might tomorrow though, but I need to go, I have to wake early tomorrow. Goodnight.

I'm with the stoics. No.