The Absurdity of the Human Condition

C.S. Lewis: The fact that we have this desire itself is evidence that there's something that could in principle fulfill it. This is the famous argument from desire. There's even an argument in there for God from our deepest desires, not being fulfilled. And again, what this would mean about the human condition is there is again a tragic ending to the story. We've got these longings for happiness. But if we didn't have these big brains and these emotion, you know, complicated emotions, we would never have dreamed of God in heaven and all this kind of thing. Right. So our very greatness condemns us to absurdity. We want things long for things, hope for