19: Arthur Schopenhauer, part 2: The Great Pessimist
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What Is the Aim of Schopenhauer's Metaphysics?
Schopenhauer's aim is the equivalent of the buddhist concept of pragna peramita, the perfection of wisdom. When this denial of will is achieved, in the tradition of every religion, we step aside from this restless pressure and effort. And so schopenhauer continues, we have to banish that dark impression of nothingness, which, as the final goal, hovers behind all virtue and holiness. We must not even evade it, as the indians do, by myths and meaningless words,. Such as reabsorption in brahman, or the nirvana of the buddhists. On the contrary, we freely acknowledge that what remains after
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