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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
Walter Kaufmann
Walter Kaufmann
Born: Jul 1, 1921
Died: Sep 4, 1980

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Suffering, World, Assume, Add, Several, At Least One, Indifferent, Only, Preventing, Purpose, Least, Governed, Intent, Whether, Them, Even, Actually, Need, Rejoices

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Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, Meister Eckhart, Oswald Spengler

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