“Kafka defines the human being as essentially riven between the yoke of heaven and the yoke of earth.”
This resonates deeply for some reason. Perhaps because we seem to love our lives bombarded with two seemingly irreconcilable messages:
“1. You are a meat puppet with no free will. Thinking teleologically about your life is a waste of energy.”
“2. But since you’re here, you really ought to do something about this climate change, and the systemic racism, and maybe stop all these wars. Why?! There you go again…”
“Kafka defines the human being as essentially riven between the yoke of heaven and the yoke of earth.”
This resonates deeply for some reason. Perhaps because we seem to love our lives bombarded with two seemingly irreconcilable messages:
“1. You are a meat puppet with no free will. Thinking teleologically about your life is a waste of energy.”
“2. But since you’re here, you really ought to do something about this climate change, and the systemic racism, and maybe stop all these wars. Why?! There you go again…”