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\u201cWhatever can be the meaning of this life? If we divide mankind into two large classes, we can say that one works for a living, the other has no need to. But working for one\u2019s living can\u2019t be the meaning of life; to suppose that constantly procuring the conditions of life should be the answer to the question of the meaning of what they make possible is a contradiction. Usually the lives of the other class have no meaning either, beyond that of consuming the said conditions. To say that the meaning of life is to die seems again to be a contradiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2015 S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard, Either\/Or: A Fragment of Life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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