Life, thought, and freedom are not self-evident for humanity. They are "impossible possibilities" that must be continuously generated through relentless personal effort. If this effort is lacking, we risk repeating the "anthropological catastrophes" of the 20th century. In the dramatic philosophy of Merab Mamardashvili, various coded figures such as Proust or Artaud appear, through which his philosophy of consciousness and understanding of history are expressed. Mamardashvili's aim was always to convey to the non-philosophically trained reader that philosophizing is a task of life.