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Why the Lack of Religion Breeds Mental Illness

Academy of Ideas

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The lack of meaning in life is a soul sickness our age has not yet begun to comprehend. In the late tenth century, friedrich nicha observed that nihilism was on the rise in the west. We are now experiencing the fate that nicha prophesied: evermore people have the means to live, but no ing to live for. Meaning links events across time, thus integrating past present and future.

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