We Are An Episode Between Two Oblivions.

If Sub Specie Aeternitatis [from Eternity's Point Of View] There Is No Reason To Believe That Anything Matters, Then That Does Not Matter Either, And We Can Approach Our Absurd Lives With Irony Instead Of Heroism Or Despair.

If I Thought That Everything I Did Was Determined By My Circumstancse And My Psychological Condition, I Woudl Feel Trapped.

A Theory Of Motivation Is Defective If It Renders Intelligible Behaviour Which Is Not Intelligible.

Equally Real At All Stages Of His Life; Specifically, The Fact That A Particular Stage Is Present Cannot Be Regarded As Conferring On It Any Special Status.

Without Consciousness The Mind-body Problem Would Be Much Less Interesting. With Consciousness It Seems Hopeless.