Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
All the time I feel I must justify my existence.
Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable.
The ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God.
Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth.
Existence precedes and rules essence.
Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.
It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while if the world is not governed by a purpose.