Human, All Too Human, Part 28 summary
Part 28 of 152 · 1 min to read the part
In 28, the speaker rejects optimism and pessimism as worn terms whose remaining uses depend on defending God or opposing theology. The argument shifts from those rival positions to the claim that goodness and badness concern human relations, not qualities of the world itself.
What happens
- The speaker dismisses optimism and pessimism as overused terms with diminishing purpose.
- Optimism serves the defense of a perfect God whose creation must be the best possible world.
- Pessimism serves opposition to theology by claiming that evil and suffering dominate existence.
- The speaker sets theology aside and denies that the world itself is good or bad.
- The argument ends by rejecting both contempt and praise as judgments of the world.
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What does the speaker claim about the world apart from theology?
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