What gives life meaning is a form of rebellion, rebellion against reason, an insistence on believing passionately what we cannot believe rationally. The meaning of life is to be found in passion—romantic passion, religious passion, passion for work and for play, passionate commitments in the face of what reason knows to be meaningless.
Robert C. SolomonAbout author
- Author's profession: Educator
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 14, 1942
- Died: January 2, 2007
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