Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Man's Chief End

"I asked my fourth question: 'What, then, is the chief end of man?'
"The answer was already obvious: 'The pursuit of freedom.' He paused, and then added, 'Volumes could be written classifying the various kinds of freedom that we pursue: adultery, murder,the Holocaust, and genocide in general. All these principles of conduct have been created by man in pursuit of freedom. They are, therefore, in terms of expedience, related to morality.'"
Howard Mumma, describing to Albert Camus a conversation with Jean-Paul Sartre, in The Wearied Existentialist.

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