Words Signify Man's Refusal To Accept The

To An Even Moderately Sophisticated And Well-read Person It Should Come As No Surprise That Any Religion At All Has Its Hidden As Well As Its Obvious Beauties And Is Capable Of Profound And Impressive Interpretations. What Is Deeply Objectionable About Most Of These Interpretations Is That They Allow The Believer To Say Yes While Evading Any No.

Philosophy Means Liberation From The - Routine, Soaring Above The Well Known, Seeing It In New Perspectives, Arousing Wonder And The Wish To Fly.

Words Signify Man's Refusal To Accept The World As It Is.

The Refusal To Belong To Any School Of Thought, The Repudiation Of The Adequacy Of Any Body Of Beliefs Whatever, And Especially Of Systems, And A Marked Dissatisfaction With Traditional Philosophy As Superficial, Academic, And Remote From Life-that Is The Heart Of Existentialism.

To Try To Fashion Something From Suffering, To Relish Our Triumphs, And To Endure Defeats Without Resentment: All That Is Compatible With The Faith Of A Heretic.