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Schopenhauer on the Pendulum of Desire
Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation
The Modern Polymath@modern_polymath•3 min read
The Endless Swings1 / 3
Human life swings like a pendulum between pain and boredom. When we lack what we desire, we suffer; when we attain it, boredom swiftly takes its place.
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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom, of which the two are actually its ultimate constituents.
The Refuge of Art2 / 3
When we contemplate great music, painting, or philosophy, we momentarily escape the tyrannical grip of the individual Will, becoming pure, will-less subjects of knowledge.
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Music is as immediate an objectification and copy of the whole will as the world itself is. — Schopenhauer
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