> He’s an agnostic troubled continuously by the unknowability, indeed the incomprehensibility, of total reality; of what lies beyond the world of appearances an

> He’s an agnostic troubled continuously by the unknowability, indeed the incomprehensibility, of total reality; of what lies beyond the world of appearances and can never be breached. The article gave me the impression that Bryan Magee is troubled by boredom mostly. These 'meaning of life' questions can trick people into believing that it's not knowing the answers to some questions, that is the cause of their unrest. It's never that, it's always so much more simple :) I don't know that philosophy students realize they're playing mind games with themselves, for self-amusement. They have a tendency to take ideas seriously, life seriously, and then oh my, you have 1001 problems to deal with!