At the end of this century the big questions about reality and being human rise with unexpected power. We ask even more agonizingly: What does it mean to be human? How do human beings fit into this vast cosmos? Where to from here? We live in a time of great uncertainty--caught in the transition from a bold and passionate optimism about the future to a deep skepticism and spirit of nihilism about findingany universal ways for mankind. We live in a
postmodern time