the end of history the end of life the end of my life they're all the same ... but I won't be cute ... end here is the good old aristotelian final cause as in purpose or goal ... life during the day when you're sober straight earnest and honest is a mean thing I say ... being almost cute again ... meaning by mean here the thing on the way as in means to an end ... and the end I say is the same for us all ... you probably say the same thing too and we don't have to be happy about that ... you could give aristotle an F saying he named a thing that never was ... for you end might mean final no cause attached thereafter ... as in what an horrific waste that was ... meaningless ... meaningless ... was there ever such a time before and such a generation to end in such a way the viper above the angel ... an old man sitting on a bench trying to catch his breath in between may snarl ... doesn't mean he's impolite ... he's in a fight ... if you had to drag your coffin up the hill the carpenter at the top will make it a cross
cf moltmann, theology of hope, 8.1
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