Page History

...

 But, surely, being able, or not able, to speak, or to state, the end of existence is not the question. The question is being able, or not able, to make pursuit of the end, once spoken, or stated, the abiding objective of human endeavor, individual as well as collective. If this isn't the clear implication of what Niebuhr himself says elsewhere -- notablyelsewhere–notably, in discussing the distinction between "the self in action" and "the self in contemplation" (espec. 2:108, which, curiously, is not even mentioned in the Index!) -- then –then I have quite failed to grasp his meaning.

...