19: Arthur Schopenhauer, part 2: The Great Pessimist
The Nietzsche Podcast
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The Real Evil Between Death and Life Goes on Endlessly
Schopenhauer argues that the real evil between life and death is pain. He describes a person who finds satisfaction in life, but wants it to be of endless duration or constant recurrence. Such a man would look with indifference at death hastening toward him on the wings of time. The idea of somebody wishing for constant recurrence of their life is frightening to the weak,. But not some onecertain of their ever enduring life in existence.
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