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Schopenhauer's Theory of Artistic Contemplation
Schopenhauer is writing under the influence of Emmanuel Kant. And one of the things that he takes from Kant in developing his theory of artistic contemplation is the Kantian notion of harmony. So according to Schopenhauer, when we truly reach these moments of contemplation, all of our subjective faculties are brought into a kind of harmonious relationship. That's what enables that moment of perfect stillness. But the problem for SchopenHauer, and again, this is why he's ultimately a pessimistic philosopher, is that he thinks we can never inhabit that moment for a long time because the will will return.
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