Desire and Fate

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Desire and Fate

Desire and Fate

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Apr 08, 2024
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If one is going to despair, and it is difficult to see any rational justification for not doing so, one should at all costs wear that despair lightly and take Beckett rather than Schopenhauer or Sartre as one’s model.

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