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Is Life Worth Living?

Is Life Worth Living?

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“This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it, from the moral point of view.”

"Is Life Worth Living?"
1890s, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

William James photo
William James photo
William James photo

“In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly.”

"Is Life Worth Living?"
1890s, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

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