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“It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while if the world is not governed by a purpose.”

Quote by Walter Kaufmann

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Walter Kaufmann

Walter Kaufmann was a German-born American philosopher known for his research on existentialism and German philosophy. His works delved deeply into the thoughts of thinkers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre, profoundly influencing 20th-century philosophy. more

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“Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either scientists or theologians generally make things look.”

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“The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.”

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“The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?”

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“Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered lives and closed their hearts to the voice of their brothers' blood.”

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“I seem to be the only person in the world who doesn't mind being pitied. If you love me, pity me. The human state is pitiable: born to die, capable of so much, accomplishing so little; killing instead of creating, destroying instead of building, hating instead of loving. Pitiful, pitiful.”

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