Arthur Schopenhauer clearly expresses his belief to be that love is nothing more than the will to survive-that romantic passion is a trick we allow ourselves to fall into for a greater good. By choosing love‚ we are choosing reproduction‚ survival and ensuring the human race continues on through our offspring. Schopenhauer’s cynicism towards romantic love is most definitely predominant in his writings though the relevance of love in life is not argued‚ yet rather encouraged in his writings since
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negation of the Will. In fact‚ suicide‚ “Schopenhauer argues […]‚ fails to achieve [freedom from suffering]‚ primarily because it is an act of will that confirms‚ rather than denies‚ the Will-to-life [as this act] involves the individual will’s willfully seeking to exterminate itself as a way of escaping the wretchedness of willing”. (C.R.Trogan‚ Suicide and Freedom from Suffering in Schopenhauer’s “Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung”‚ p.5). Nevertheless‚ Schopenhauer does not overlook the fact an individual
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Arthur Schopenhauer‚ renowned Western philosopher‚ expressed this belief within his most famous work‚ The World as Will and Representation (Wicks‚ 2007). Schopenhauer referred to the Upanishads as being‚ “…the most satisfying and elevating reading (with the exception of the original text) which is possible in the world; it has been the solace of my life and will be the solace of my death” (Payne‚ 1990). He believed that the world is a representation of man’s quest to live. Schopenhauer did not believe
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handle things better and take on challenges head on. That’s why I agree with what Schopenhauer has said. One thing that Schopenhauer has said‚ embraces that we shouldn’t worry about the lives of other people and that it distracts us from our own lives. I think this being said‚ should show people that we shouldn’t wrap ourselves around news and media like what people are doing now a days. I think that Schopenhauer felt that we should think we should think by ourselves and not on others. He states
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yet he believed that true understanding of the human condition was more contingent upon an intuitive mind than science and reason alone‚ which was in accordance with the views held by many Romantic philosophers of the time‚ particularly Arthur Schopenhauer‚ who preceded him. In effect‚ Nietzsche became a pioneer for existential philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche created a fascinating philosophy on morality and culture‚ full of new ideas and a revolutionary view on the bio psychosocial nature of mankind
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In the section‚ "Thoughts about Music‚" from Josef Pieper’s Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation‚ discusses music and the intriguing question‚ "What do we perceive when we listen to music?" (40). Pieper answers this question by quoting Schopenhauer‚ who claimed music‚ "does not speak of things but tells of weal and woe" (42). This makes sense because it relates to "man’s good‚" and our yearning for perfect happiness. When listening to music certain emotions surface‚ as Plato stated‚ "Music
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that Nietzsche and Schopenhauer prescribe; it is by definition that something can only be justified in the phenomenal world: the world of ‘existence’. Although this statement describes existence justifying itself to eternity‚ The Birth of Tragedy tends to illustrate the inverse: eternity justifying itself appearing through existence. However the movement between the states of the ‘physical’ and ‘virtual’ is not directional in the empirically spatiotemporal manner that Schopenhauer takes on. Unlike
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Phil 177 1) According to Marcuse: “Art cannot change the world but it can contribute to changing consciousness and drives the men and women who could change the world.” Following Marcuse’s argument‚ how does art accomplish the primary task of raising human consciousness against the reified world of commodities? We live in a world where the masses are lead by an elitist class; in a world where the masses wake up every day and go to work for 8 to 10 hours straight‚ so that at the end of every
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incoherent or incompatible with others‚ and the like continue to draw the attention of contemporary intellectual historians and philosophers. Nietzsche was influences by Schopenhauer and ever calls him a true moral human being‚ but in terms of “Will” Nietzsche start a new field. Nietzsche talks about “will to power” while Schopenhauer talks about the “will of life” or “will
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Descartes. Meditations. Part 1-2. ( HYPERLINK "http://www.wright.edu/cola/descartes/meditation1.html" http://www.wright.edu/cola/descartes/meditation1.html) 5 Schopenhauer. "On the Suffering of the World." HYPERLINK "http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/pessimism/chapter1.html" http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/pessimism/chapter1.html 6 Kierkegaard. "Chapter 3. Teleological Suspension of the Ethical." ( HYPERLINK "http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp
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