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junyan's review against another edition
2.0
2.5/5⭐️
Read it when emo. I extremely agree with Schopenhauer's view that the pain of life is transmitted between generations and that desire and boredom are the two pillars of life.
I wanted to skip the chapter "On Women", but I couldn't restrain my curiosity and read it. This chapter fully demonstrates the tearing of Schopenhauer's thoughts. His so-called thinking on human nature is based on expelling women from the human community. Schopenhauer came to the conclusion that polygamy is beneficial to women from the phenomenon of prostitution, which is ridiculously absurd, showing how shallow his thoughts are in this field. Schopenhauer did not see through human nature, he only looked at the vested interests who were infinitely favored by the patriarchal society. He still has compassion for dogs tied up in chains, but he is indifferent to the attachment and slavery of women, which is very typical.
Read it when emo. I extremely agree with Schopenhauer's view that the pain of life is transmitted between generations and that desire and boredom are the two pillars of life.
I wanted to skip the chapter "On Women", but I couldn't restrain my curiosity and read it. This chapter fully demonstrates the tearing of Schopenhauer's thoughts. His so-called thinking on human nature is based on expelling women from the human community. Schopenhauer came to the conclusion that polygamy is beneficial to women from the phenomenon of prostitution, which is ridiculously absurd, showing how shallow his thoughts are in this field. Schopenhauer did not see through human nature, he only looked at the vested interests who were infinitely favored by the patriarchal society. He still has compassion for dogs tied up in chains, but he is indifferent to the attachment and slavery of women, which is very typical.
itsreirei's review against another edition
3.0
On the suffering of the world: 5⭐
On women: 0⭐ lol
On women: 0⭐ lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Suicide
jordi's review
5.0
Los ensayos de "On women" y "On noise" no valen para nada pero todos los demas ensayos extremadamente interesantes.
La vida es un estado sin sentido, peor que la muerte donde se está bien sin sufrir. En la vida hay muchas necesidades provenientes en principio de nuestro cuerpo y luego complementadas por las de la sociedad y nuestro intelecto. Lo unico que podemos hacer es intentar cumplir esas necesidades para no sufrir.
Tenemos una voluntad para vivir que es lo que lo que es afectado por el tiempo y nos arrastra a traves de este de nacimiento a muerte. Esta voluntad es la que vive, es la que pasa cada momento del presente, pero la voluntad no tiene memoria, por tanto el presente siempre es fugaz.
Tenemos el intelecto que es mas duradero, contiene memoria y puede proyectar hacia el futuro tambien. Pero no puede agarrar el presente que siempre se escapa a traves de la voluntad para vivir.
Es con el intelecto como podemos ver que la voluntad para vivir no somos nosotros, pues esta voluntad es comun a todos los individuos y los animales. Y negarla es el principal objecto del hombre sabio.
La vida es un estado sin sentido, peor que la muerte donde se está bien sin sufrir. En la vida hay muchas necesidades provenientes en principio de nuestro cuerpo y luego complementadas por las de la sociedad y nuestro intelecto. Lo unico que podemos hacer es intentar cumplir esas necesidades para no sufrir.
Tenemos una voluntad para vivir que es lo que lo que es afectado por el tiempo y nos arrastra a traves de este de nacimiento a muerte. Esta voluntad es la que vive, es la que pasa cada momento del presente, pero la voluntad no tiene memoria, por tanto el presente siempre es fugaz.
Tenemos el intelecto que es mas duradero, contiene memoria y puede proyectar hacia el futuro tambien. Pero no puede agarrar el presente que siempre se escapa a traves de la voluntad para vivir.
Es con el intelecto como podemos ver que la voluntad para vivir no somos nosotros, pues esta voluntad es comun a todos los individuos y los animales. Y negarla es el principal objecto del hombre sabio.
ojasaar's review
5.0
Very interesting take on romantic pessimism.
Ignore the section on women - totally outdated and inappropriate in most part.
Ignore the section on women - totally outdated and inappropriate in most part.
eeviee's review
3.0
It should be said that this was written when cracks and whips were still used and human rights were held in contention, so I won't exert too much censure on specific essays, especially On Women and On Noise. At least now I understand how he influenced Nietzsche so much.
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