PHILOSOPHER: Exactly. Now, I have used the word ‘life-lie’ again and again throughout our discussion. I would like to conclude by talking about the greatest life-lie of all. YOUTH: Please do. PHILOSOPHER: The greatest life-lie of all is to not live here and now. It is to look at the past and the future, cast a dim light on one’s entire life, and believe that one has been able to see something. Until now, you have turned away from the here and now, and only shone a light on invented pasts and futures. You have told a great lie to your life, to these irreplaceable moments.
