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Monday, 23 April 2007

Day 68

Monod, J.

The ancient covenant is in pieces; man at last knows that he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he emerged only by chance. Neither his destiny nor his duty have been written down. The kingdom above or the darkness below: it is for him to choose.

Chance and Necessity: An essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology translated by A. Wainhouse(Collins, Fontana Books, 1974) p. 167. Checked: The actual title is `National Philosophy'; surely a mistake?

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