Being Human‚ Distinctively Mill’s perspective on the human condition is one that I favor immensely opposed to Schopenhauer‚ because it displays an appreciation for what it means to be a human in its truest form. The fact that we are able to innately enjoy pleasures and reflect on the experience is unique and should be valued. Furthermore‚ we also are capable of enduring mental suffering and advancing through the struggle as a better being on the other side. Both of these situations effectively
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Man an animal beneath the mask In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding the author uses literature to support the belief that man is wild and will always be wild. Golding supports that statement made by Arthur Schopenhauer; Schopenhauer claimed that “Man is at bottom a wild and terrible animal”. Man through the ages has evolved in intellect that has furthered technology‚ medicine‚ understanding and more but one thing that we haven’t moved past is our instincts the instinct to survive
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influence us‚ must also motivate us. Motivation is defined as “being moved into action or to decide on a change in action”‚ according to philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1841/1960)(Decker‚2010). He believed that actions and behaviors do not occur spontaneously‚ that they are induced by internal motives or environmental incentives. Schopenhauer maintained‚ “that it is not possible simply to be motivated. It would make no sense if an individual were to say‚ ‘I am motivated’. Motivated to do what or
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Nietzsche‚ Birth of Tragedy In Friedrich Nietzsche’s work The Birth of Tragedy‚ he argues that during the times of the ancient Greeks the artistic fusion between the Apollonian way of thinking and the Dionysian way of thinking lead to the creation of the greatest works of tragic art and music. Nietzsche believes that society needs to develop a new art form that recognizes the balance between the apollonian and Dionysian influence to reaffirm human existence. Nietzsche uses the Greek Gods‚ Apollo
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In fact‚ it is quite possible that new innovations and technologies that make life easier will make humans greedier‚ more thirsty for answers and less satisfacted than they were before they adopted transhumanism. Schopenhauer argues that caring‚ fearing and hoping for something is derived from the absences in our life. He states that if humans are successful in establishing a utopic world in which no one suffers and everyone gets what they want immediately‚ then there
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Reading has always said to be the key to success‚ for it encourages learning. Yet‚ philosophers such as the German Arthur Schopenhauer state that reading too much actually is bad for the mind. I qualify these thoughts as I too agree that the excessiveness of reading may bond the mind’s creativity and freedom‚ yet feeding on other’s insights is also vital for a well-rounded mindset. Too much reading indirectly forces the mind to dwell on the thinking of another man’s perspective. The mind is unable
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Fang Xiangning Prof. Qu 15 March 2015 12300120182 The Theme of Valentine by John Fuller The poem Valentine by John Fuller depicts a man’s unrequited but intense love and passionate desires for a lady in the first person. First of all‚ by “unrequited‚” I mean that even though the man confided his profound love for the lady in the poem‚ the lady does not seem to feel for him in the same way. Secondly‚ by “intense‚” I mean that his love for this lady is so strong and great that he cannot help observing
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In his work he gives several proofs that life itself is pointless and devoid of value. (Schopenhauer‚ n.d.) He says “All our striving is in vain because of death; the goal of our being is non-being”. The one I will focus on is his proof via the existence of boredom (as it shows up in several of its works). From Schopenhauer’s essay On The Vanity
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find ‘true happiness’ without it being a trick of the senses and the mind and‚ in other words‚ an illusion. True happiness is often defined as satisfaction‚ contentment‚ and acceptance. But what comes after the feeling of contentment? Arthur Schopenhauer believes the world to be a "vale of tears‚ full of suffering. All happiness is an illusion. Life oscillates like a pendulum‚ back and forth between the pain and boredom". He explains happiness as a wish of satisfaction‚ which in turn
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Arthur Schopenhauer once said‚ “Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.” All of the characters in the stories learn the significance of what the things they once had. One similar theme that runs throughout those three works‚ “To Build a Fire” by Jack London‚ “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop‚ and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is the loss of something significant. Each story or poem has a different way of ending peacefully and handling the loss. The narrator in “To Build
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