... to a second thing we need to see: WHERE THERE IS NO PURPOSE, THERE IS NO POWER. It is very difficult for human beings to live without purpose. John Cowper Powys, in his book The Meaning of Culture, notes that human beings cannot exist apart from a system of meaning. This phenomenon has been illustrated time and again. Powys tells about primitive people who died very suddenly and inexplicably when their cultures were eradicated by incoming conquerors. (2) People cannot live without meaning. Where there is no ...
