Existentialism is possible only
Existentialism is possible only in a world where God is dead or a luxury, and where Christianity is dead. Gabriel Vahanian
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Existentialism is possible only in a world where God is dead or a luxury, and where Christianity is dead. Gabriel Vahanian
the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith Ernest Becker
Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. Ernest Becker
I found motherhood a crash course in existentialism (what is my purpose in life, am I mistress or slave of my destiny, when the hell do I get some sleep?) and [the book] ROOM was the result. Emma Donoghue
I guess I worry about weird existential things, like how do we spend our final act. This is a very emotional question. I can’t answer it without crying. I think, You’re 56 years old, what did you do? You raised two good kids. What am I going to do now that is as meaningful as … Read more
It wasn’t the New World that mattered… Columbus died almost without seeing it; and not really knowing what he had discovered. It’s life that matters, nothing but life – the process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Existentialism isn’t so atheistic that it wears itself out showing that God doesn’t exist. Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing. Fyodor Dostoevsky
But how could you live and have no story to tell? Fyodor Dostoevsky
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted. Friedrich Nietzsche
In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him. Friedrich Nietzsche