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Peter Wessel Zapffe on Life

1899–1990 Norway

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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?

The Humorous Pessimist (1990)

When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes. The modern barbarity of 'saving' the suicidal is based on a hair-raising misapprehension of the nature of existence.

The Last Messiah (1933)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter Wessel Zapffe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.