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The Meaning of Life Is…that It Has No Point: Decolonizing Christianity

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The Meaning of Life Is…that It Has No Point: Decolonizing Christianity

Timothy Morton

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If I was going to select just one idea to remove from our heads, it would be the idea that things must have a goal or a point, or what in Greek is called a telos. The fancy term is teleology, and the philosopher Aristotle defines things accord…

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