Peter Wessel Zapffe cytaty

Peter Wessel Zapffe – norweski pisarz, filozof i alpinista.

Studiował prawo na Uniwersytecie w Oslo. Podczas pobytu w stolicy rozpoczął naukę wspinaczki, podczas której poznał Arne Næssa. W roku 1933 powstaje krótki esej noszący tytuł Ostatni Mesjasz. Idee w nim zawarte zostają w późniejszym czasie rozwinięte, czego rezultatem jest opublikowana w 1941 r. rozprawa doktorska O tragizmie. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. Grudzień 1899 – 12. Październik 1990
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“To bear children into this world is like carrying wood into a burning house.”

Peter Wessel Zapffe

As quoted in Reflekser i trylleglass: stemmer fra vårt århundre [Magical Reflections : Voices of Our Century] (1998) edited by Haagen Ringnes

“We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.”

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Źródło: The Last Messiah (1933), To Be a Human Being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m6vvaY-Wo&t=1110s (1989–90)

“If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains "peace of mind."”

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Źródło: The Last Messiah (1933), To Be a Human Being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m6vvaY-Wo&t=1110s (1989–90)

“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.”

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Źródło: The Last Messiah (1933), To Be a Human Being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m6vvaY-Wo&t=1110s (1989–90)

“Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will.”

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Źródło: The Last Messiah (1933), To Be a Human Being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m6vvaY-Wo&t=1110s (1989–90)

“The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end.”

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Źródło: The Last Messiah (1933), To Be a Human Being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m6vvaY-Wo&t=1110s (1989–90)

“Nobody has ever managed to explain what it is they are longing after in religion, but it is quite clear what they are trying to escape from – this earthly vale of tears, one’s untenable existential situation.”

Peter Wessel Zapffe książka The Last Messiah

The Last Messiah (1933) <br class="br">Źródło: trans. Peter Reed &amp; David Rothenberg https://ia803202.us.archive.org/15/items/20200821_20200821_1659/OAP_Zapffe_Last_Messiah.pdf, page 8

“Death is a terrible provocation. It appears almost everywhere, presenting a stern but effective scale for both values and ethical standards.”

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Źródło: The Last Messiah (1933), To Be a Human Being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m6vvaY-Wo&amp;t=1110s (1989–90)

“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

Źródło: The Last Messiah (1933), To Be a Human Being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m6vvaY-Wo&amp;t=1110s (1989–90)

“Death is the most certain and the most uncertain event there is.”

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Źródło: The Last Messiah (1933), To Be a Human Being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m6vvaY-Wo&amp;t=1110s (1989–90)