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The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in…
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Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be –…
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When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes. The modern barbarity of 'saving'…
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If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.
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In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and…
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Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual…
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We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the…
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The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought,…
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The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought,…
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