The question of our existence represents one of the fundamental enquiries into what it means to be human. ‘Is there any inherent meaning and purpose to our existence?’, is something humanity has asked itself stretching back into pre-history. This first in a series of lectures by Andreas Wasmuht traces the Meaning of Existence from early human rituals to the emergence of religion and how each attempts to answer this fundamental question.

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