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If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.

C. S. Lewis
Self, Sake, Evident
C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.