Hannah!? I didn’t know you were still around!
Still smoking, huh?!
Yes, still smoking. Do you mind?!
Not at all. But nowadays it's not popular anymore.
Causes lots of diseases and ultimately death…
Certainly true. But, you know,
I basically don’t care.
I already died, as you probably
know!
Yeah, sure. Must have been in 1975...
Trust me, death is overrated!
The crucial thing is not how you end up, it
is in the way you start…
I am not sure what you mean.
Here’s what I wrote about this: "The miracle
that saves the world […] is ultimately the
fact of natality, in which the faculty of
action is ontologically rooted.
It is, in other words, the birth of new men
and the new beginning, the action they are
capable of by virtue of being born.”
But there you talk about "The Human Condition",
don’t you?
True. A book titled “The Puppet Condition”
has not been written yet…
But let me tell you, it’s not too bad to
be a puppet.
I like this condition, and perhaps I’ll
do some work on it. Eventually, it’s much
better to be an authentic puppet than a human
acting like a puppet!
Sure it is. I was very convinced by the things
you wrote about this world in which human
beings are acting like puppets without the
slightest trace of spontaneity. In fact, too
many humans continue to be like that. As for
myself, I’d prefer to act with a puppet,
rather than being one.
Ha, ha. Very sweet! It was good
talking to you. Have a nice day!
You, too. Thank you very much, Hannah…
Wait a second, would you
have a cigarette for me?
