Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922–2001) Spanish poet, essayist and critic
“Revolt of a Newborn”, from Revolt of a Newborn (1973)
“I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.”
Source: The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1977), p. xiv
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Context: I now define "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival." I won't argue with philosophers or theologians who choose to use the word "moral" to mean something else, but I do not think anyone can define "behavior that tends toward extinction" as being "moral" without stretching the word "moral" all out of shape.
