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What does it mean?
Modern eras attempt to exist without belief in anything beyond the material world.
In plain terms
Recent centuries have tried to live without looking beyond everyday reality.
What can you take from it?
Consider the cost of living without transcendent meaning.

Where it applies

  • existential crisis
  • spiritual void
  • modern life

Putting it to work

  • reflect on meaning
  • explore belief
  • question materialism

Questions to consider

  • Do you live with or without transcendence?
  • What gives life meaning?

Another view

Some find fulfillment without transcendence through humanism.

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