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Affirmation and the negation of the will to life
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Schopenhauer

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Schopenhauer

affirmation and the negation of the will to life
Affirmation and the negation of the will to life

"red hot coals with a few cool places"

Cycle of life is suffering with few pleasures

Don't go by experience

"comforted by the coolness"

OOH, PIECE OF CANDY

Principium individuationis

Man and Earth
Organic and non-organic objects are considered the same. An object has an external appearance visible to all objects, but also has an internal force which is the WILL. Internal affects external

Reality is in the mind

Will is eternal and has consciousness.

Asceticism

Not naive, facing harsh reality of life, aware that the comfort is only possible by suffering.
object and subject inseparable. Not enough people are standing outside the situation and looking at it from birds eye, however, geniuses looks down and knows and knows the cycle, very little hope.

Ab

Denying the will to life

Deny sex.

Don't deny food or anything that will kill yourself, as that is giving in to the will to not live.

affirmation

"blissful life"

"calmed forever"
minimise natural desires for pleasure, so that you have less hot coals

one knows itself then one will know the universe, flow through oneself and will know everything by knowing oneself - and they express this via art and philosophy