The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.
Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will. - Peter Wessel Zapffe
Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will.
- Peter Wessel Zapffe
When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes. The modern barbarity of 'saving' the suicidal is based … - Peter Wessel Zapffe
When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes. The modern barbarity of 'saving' the suicidal is based …
As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change. - Peter Wessel Zapffe
As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change.
Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life? - Peter Wessel Zapffe
Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?
In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation… - Peter Wessel Zapffe
In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation…
If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind. - Peter Wessel Zapffe
If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.
Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye. - Peter Wessel Zapffe
Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.
The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light o… - Peter Wessel Zapffe
The more a human being in his worldview approaches the goal, the hegemony of love in a moral universe, the more has he become slipshod in the light o…
The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end. - Peter Wessel Zapffe
The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end.
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