The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought, for instance, that certain deer in paleontological times succumbed as they acquired overly-heavy horns. The mutations must be considered blind, they work, are thrown forth, without any contact of interest with their environment. In depressive states, the mind may be seen in the image of such an antler, in all its fantastic splendour pinning its bearer to the ground.

The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end.

Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.

Why does man need a meaning to life?

Mankind ought to end its existence of its own will.

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?

As long as humankind recklessly proceeds in the fateful delusion of being biologically fated for triumph, nothing essential will change.