Nietzsche & Schopenhauer Final Review

mandatory optimism

pretending that everything is okay doesn’t allow us to address the unpleasant aspects of the human condition

good works objection

people have no idea what good is unless they are faced with evil, even if everything was perfectly comfortable there would still be violence and suffering

positivity of pain

pain is what is real, and pleasure is simply the absence of pain (opposite of christian wisdom)

gratefulness objection

idea that if you want something to seem good, think of something horrible and realize that you don’t have it, which proves that the world is full of misery

pyramid of suffering

it is because of reason that our lives are so miserable, and truly the key to happiness for humans is the same as for animalsto live in a state of ignorance or simplicity.

instrument of pain

concept that pain is caused by knowledge of frustration of the will, because humans are cursed with the ability to reason

problem of the beautiful

one idea that contradicts Schopenhaur’s ideas, since humans can just sit and appreciate the taste or the aesthetic or the beauty of something

aesthetic perception

absence of will, desire, or want. its what happens when humans encounter something beautiful and eternal. direct contact with the forms

obstacles to aesthetic liberation

laziness, limiting the beautiful, & the soundtrack problem

soundtrack problem

seeing art as a mirror to reality, not being able to appreciate the form of the painting, but instead corrupting it with the human condition

limiting the beautiful

everything manifests the forms, therefore everything is beautiful

why does dialectics emerge?

reason and questions are weapons for people with shitty instincts, and socrates was trying to bring everyone down to his level by numbing and confusing everyone

what’s wrong with all philosphers?

all philosophers are do not value life, because they call it unworthy and wrong