I don’t know whether this world has a meaning that transcends it. But …

Albert Camus
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I don’t know whether this world has a meaning that transcends it. But I know that I cannot know that meaning and that it is impossible for me just now to know it. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.51, Vintage
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I don’t know whether this world has a meaning that transcends it. But I know that I cannot know that meaning and that it is impossible for me just now to know it. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.51, Vintage

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