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Schopenhauer said: What is the essence of life? What does love mean? The eternal great question of mankind
Schopenhauer said: What is the essence of life? What does love mean? The eternal great question of mankind
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That is, the sufferings of birth, old age, illness, death, meeting of resentments and hatreds, separation from love, not being able to seek what you want, and the overexertion of the five yin.
And regarded as the representative of pessimism in Western philosophy, Schopenhauer also regarded life as suffering.
He examines human nature's desire for desire, explores the nature of life, emotions, life and death,
Subverting the secular understanding of love and human nature, it also influenced Nietzsche, Tolstoy and others...
Pessimistic thoughts × Understanding of life and death × Emotional desires × Self-exploration "Comfort and happiness have negative qualities, while pain has positive qualities."
With Schopenhauer-style understanding, start thinking about the value of life again!
▎Subversion of secular values: Pain is the essence of life
The suffering and misfortune that the world recognizes are all negative and impermanent, and can be summed up as "pure accidents".
But people are extremely sensitive to "misfortunes" that conflict with their will. Due to obstacles and violations,
Therefore, being able to notice pain and discomfort immediately is like wearing a pair of shoes that don't fit;
But there is some numbness to happiness and comfort, because they are things that are completely consistent with the will.
Just like people are not satisfied with the overall health of the body, but they have trivial worries.
On the whole, misfortune is a situation that always exists in the law and is the normal state of life.
Therefore, in Schopenhauer's view, pain and misfortune can trigger our feelings,
But good happiness means the disappearance of desires, just like getting something means losing its excitement.
"Life is wasted between desires and desires. The nature of desires is pain. Once a desire is achieved, it quickly becomes saturated."
▎Negation of emotions: Love and marriage are a continuation of pain
Because life is pain, Schopenhauer denounced human love and marriage.
Thinking that this is a continuation of the pain of new life, individual emotions are meaningless to the reproduction of the species,
Not only that, Schopenhauer also mentioned that sexual desire is "the desire among desires", overriding other desires.
Because sexual desire is the most complete expression and clearest form of the will to survive, it is supreme.
"The satisfaction of worldly desires is like alms given to a beggar. It keeps him alive today, but also prolongs his suffering until tomorrow."
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