Absurdity of life

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Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 5.

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Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 5.

Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life. Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die.

The Verve

Bitter Sweet Symphony

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Ashcroft, Richard. "Bitter Sweet Symphony." Performed by The Verve. Urban Hymns. Hut Records, 1997.

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Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.

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Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, ch. 10. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.

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Shakespeare, William. King Lear. King's Men, 26 Dec. 1606, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Tragedy of King Lear." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

The experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution.

Max Weber

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Weber, Max. "Politiks wie Beruf [Politics As a Vocation]." 1917, Munich University, Munich, Germany. Lecture.