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)

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

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