489 Schopenhauer (aka The Tunnel and The Hole)
The History of Literature
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The Noble Truths of Buddhism
Buddhism has four noble truths: Existence is suffering. Suffering can be alleviated by letting go of desire, and there is a path that leads to the end of suffering. Nietzsche would build on Schopenhauer's ideas and turn them into something more self-affirm charming, grandiose, intoxicating. An idea that if everything is struggle, I will be the one who conquers.
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