If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out t…

C. S. Lewis
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If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.38, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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