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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Purpose of life

Author

Henry Miller

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English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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

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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

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Free market Capitalism

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Ludwig von Mises
Source
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
Genre
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Language
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Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Von Mises, Ludwig. Human Action: A Treatise on Economics. Yale University Press, 1949, ch. 27.

Another quote about Purpose of life

For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse?

Plato

Phaedrus

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Phaedrus

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Plato
Source
Phaedrus
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
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Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Greek
Time
370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC, section 258e.

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Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022, sect. 258e.

Another quote from 1941

The stuff that dreams are made of.

Samuel Spade

The Maltese Falcon

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Samuel Spade
Actor
Humphrey Bogart
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The Maltese Falcon
Medium
Film
Genre
Film noir Crime (film) Crime
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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Citation

The Maltese Falcon. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros., 1941.