The question life asks us, and in answering which we can realise the meaning of the present moment, does not only change from hour to hour but also changes from person to person: the question is entirely different in each moment for every individual. We can, therefore, see how the question as to the meaning of life is posed too simply, unless it is posed with complete specificity, in the concreteness of the here and now. To ask about ‘the meaning of life’ in this way seems just as naive to us as the question of a reporter interviewing a world chess champion and asking, ‘And now, Master, please
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