This is the Outsider's extremity. He does not prefer not to believe; he doesn't like feeling that futility… — Colin Wilson
This is the Outsider's extremity. He does not prefer not to believe; he doesn't like feeling that futility gets the last word in the universe; his human nature would like to find something it can answer to with complete assent. But honesty prevents his accepting a solution that he cannot reason about.
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