Philosophy As Describing the Human Condition

Is Life a “Futile Passion?”

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There I was, chowing down on a fresh tuna sandwich in a somewhat dark and slightly cramped café just off one of the main streets running through one of the “student ghettos” in the university town where I was doing my graduate work.

Tables scattered about, air cool and slightly damp from a morning rain, noticeable…