Life Quote by Thomas Nagel

““Even if life as a whole is meaningless, perhaps that's nothing to worry about. Perhaps we can recognise it and just go on as before.””

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A theory of motivation is defective if it renders intelligible behaviour which is not intelligible.

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“In speaking of the fear of religion, I don’t mean to refer to the entirely reasonable hostility toward certain established religions and religious institutions,…

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Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.

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“The existence of consciousness is both one of the most familiar and one of the most astounding things about the world. No conception of…

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