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Episode #099 ... Schopenhauer pt. 2 - Ethics

Philosophize This!

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You Can See Happiness in Every Direction

To schopenhauer, human beings are manifestations of this will to life that are constantly restlessly striving for things in a perpetual state of discontent. Shopenhuer compares it to running through a field with sunlight all around you but there's a single dark cloud in the sky hanging directly over your head. This is what it means to be a human being in our default state.

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