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Monism, Insect Eggs, and Excrement in a Jar

Schopenhauer offered his readers a grim clarity.

He compared a genius writing to an insect laying its eggs -- then both are able to die in peace.

And: Corpses are the excrement of the species. Philosophers are motivated by aggression / irritability. The brain is the tool of the gonads and belly.

Then the monism of his thing-in-itself. The world as desire / force / will / need/ hunger / itch.

He founded his system upon the Irrational. Nietzsche is arguably just a twist on Schopenhauer.

I disagree with him on many points, but his value, for me, is undeniable.
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Nietzsche in 3 words: "God is Fred."
Schopenhaur in 9: "Life sucks unless you're a genius or a saint."
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Re: Monism, Insect Eggs, and Excrement in a Jar

It takes a genius to write these words!
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It takes a genius to write these words!
I don't know what you mean exactly, but I like your signature (the couplet).
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Re: Monism, Insect Eggs, and Excrement in a Jar

thanks...

Oh,..when i meant the 'words' it means the words written under quotation which, was referred to. I found it very interesting and amusing. A derivation out of that formulation is......that it will logically follow, that a genius is ultimately an excrement!! ...lol. And that, only a genius can figure it out, i say.
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..that it will logically follow, that a genius is ultimately an excrement!! ...lol. And that, only a genius can figure it out, i say.
This made an expression come to my mind: Holy Sh**
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Re: Monism, Insect Eggs, and Excrement in a Jar

A danish thinker said (the translation is a bit tricky for me as it goes on word-plays): Though Schopenhauer always get right, does not mean that he is right.
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Re: Monism, Insect Eggs, and Excrement in a Jar

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A danish thinker said (the translation is a bit tricky for me as it goes on word-plays): Though Schopenhauer always get right, does not mean that he is right.
What does it mean to get right? I know the translation's tricky, but what do you think he means?
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Re: Monism, Insect Eggs, and Excrement in a Jar

Life swings, Schopenhauer tell us, like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom. Between those two poles are joy. IE. there are far more pain and boredom in life than joy. Or to put it in another way, If life is like that, there is always far more work than joy and pleasure and when we finally (and seldom) are satisfied, we quickly moves to a state of boredom.
In a cruel way, Schopenhauer is absolutely right but - as the thinker I was quoting says - this does not - nessesarily - mean that he cannot be wrong also.

Does that make sence?
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Re: Monism, Insect Eggs, and Excrement in a Jar

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Life swings, Schopenhauer tell us, like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom. Between those two poles are joy. IE. there are far more pain and boredom in life than joy. Or to put it in another way, If life is like that, there is always far more work than joy and pleasure and when we finally (and seldom) are satisfied, we quickly moves to a state of boredom.
In a cruel way, Schopenhauer is absolutely right but - as the thinker I was quoting says - this does not - nessesarily - mean that he cannot be wrong also.

Does that make sence?
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