/lit/ - Literature

>>18512069

>>17260510
Wrong. Read more Goethe.

>>17130567
>All willing springs from need, and thus from lack, and thus from suffering. Fulfillment brings this to an end; but for every wish that is fulfilled, at least ten are left denied: moreover, desired lasts a long time and demands go on forever; fulfilment is brief and sparsely meted out. But even final satisfaction itself is only illusory: the fulfilled wish quickly gives way to a new one: the former is known to be a mistake, the latter is not yet known to be one. No achieved object of willing gives lasting, unwavering satisfaction; rather, it is only ever like the alms thrown to a beggar that spares his life today so that his agony can be prolonged until tomorrow. – Thus, as long as our consciousness is filled by our will, as long as we are given over to the pressure of desires with their constant hopes and fears, as long as we are the subject of willing, we will never have lasting happiness or peace.

Nietzsche:
>These “good men”—they are one and all moralized to the very depths and ruined and botched to all eternity as far as honesty is concerned: who among them could endure a single truth “about man”? Or, put more palpably: who among them could stand a true biography? A couple of pointers: Lord Byron wrote a number of very personal things about himself, but Thomas Moore was “too good” for them: he burned his friend’s papers. Dr. Gwinner, Schopenhauer’s executor, is said to have done the same: for Schopenhauer, too, had written a few things about himself and perhaps against himself. The solid American, Thayer, Beethoven’s biographer, suddenly called a halt to his work: at some point or other in this venerable and naïve life he could no longer take it.


Wilhelm von Gwinner (1825–1917) was a German jurist and civil servant (Stadtgerichtsrat in Frankfurt a. M., and later Konsistorialpräsident). As Schopenhauer’s executor, he did indeed destroy his autobiographical papers—and then published three biographical studies of Schopenhauer: Arthur Schopenhauer aus persönlichem Umgang dargestellt (1862: “A. S. as seen at first hand”), Schopenhauer und seine Freunde (1863: “S. and his friends”), and Schopenhauer’s Leben (1878: “S.’s life”).

What did Schopenhauer's biographer mean by this?

>>16549332
I would think not.

>>16202475
I don't understand the purpose of your post (blog post? diary?) but I reply because of the Schopenhauer picture. I love him so much bros. I hope life gets better for you anon.

>For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it.
I used to be an atheist, but over the last few years I've come to know God so intimately that, while I do acknowledge that he exists, I cannot in good conscience think highly of him. The biggest redpill ever is to realize, unlike what you've been lead to believe, Evil is not distinct from God. it's a big part of him.