The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

Henry Miller

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Topic

Purpose of life

Author

Henry Miller

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Miller, Henry. "Creative Death." The Wisdom of the Heart. New Directions Books, 1941.

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Another quote from the 1940s

What is hell?
Hell is oneself,
Hell is alone, the other figures in it
Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from
And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Hell
Speaker
Edward

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Cocktail Party
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Cocktail Party. 1949, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 1, sc. 5.

Another quote about Purpose of life

Consider your origin;
you were not born to live like brutes,
but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Topic
Purpose of life Virtue

Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote from 1941

A culture is in its finest flower before it begins to analyze itself.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Culture

Author

Alfred North Whitehead
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Lucien Price. David. R. Godine, 2008, ch. 22. Originally from dialogue with Lucien Price, 30 Aug. 1941.