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.

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.

For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet.

In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung out into the cosmic brutality without hesitation.

Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual demands that reality cannot fulfill. We have expectations of a just and moral world. Man requires meaning in a meaningless world.

Why does man need a meaning to life?