Richard Taylor (1919-2003) Was an American Philosopher Who Taught at Major

Richard Taylor (1919-2003) was an American philosopher who taught at major universities and wrote several influential books, including Metaphysics (1963) , Good and Evil (1970) , and Virtue Ethics (1991) . In this essay, he rejects the notion that meaning in life is assigned to us from a source outside us. "The meaning of life," he says, "is from within us, it is not bestowed from without, and it far exceeds in both its beauty and permanence any heaven of which men have ever dreamed or yearned for."
-In the ruins of once great civilizations and in the remains of once thriving ordinary lives, Taylor sees

A) nihilism.
B) only pointlessness.
C) only meaninglessness.
D) meaningfulness that once was.