"Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom. If desires are not met, we suffer; if met, we fall into boredom."
Today's Question
Have you ever finally gotten something you desired for a long time, only to lose interest and chase another goal soon after? If so, what was it?
The philosopher who analyzed the blind will of life with his poodle
Schopenhauer spent his life in human distrust and depression, declaring that all desires lead to suffering.
After losing a lecture competition with Hegel, he left the university to live in exile with his poodle, Atma. He kept diaries to face his desires, transforming his inner depression into philosophy.