Tag: Arthur Schopenhauer
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Laura: Men Desire Her and Women Envy Her
Laura was that rare combination of intelligence, beauty, and brashness that made “men desire her and women envy her.” She draws attention that will lift her out of her office job into the world of the rich and powerful.
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The Foot of the Cross
I did not grasp that all is mystery, that we live only in mystery, that if such a thing as chance existed it would be even more mysterious than Providence.
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Absolute Man, Absolute Woman
A man approaches to this Ideal not by eliminating the feminine principle but rather by uniting with it in the Spiritual Marriage.
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Making up your Mind
A common criticism of Christians by the pagans, is that the Christian folk religion incorporated elements of the earlier paganism. We have never denied it, to the contrary, we have called attention to it. Furthermore, we have insisted that it is not restricted to folk religion, but also to the greatest minds of the Middle…
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Tradition and German Philosophy
It may be hard to accept that the physical world is the creation of my “I”, but if we restrict ourselves to the social world, it gains much more credibility. Specifically, it reveals itself in the modern idea that our social world is a construct.
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A Pest in a Street full of Men
The world is mediocre, limp, without force. And madness and despair are a force. And force is a crime in the eyes of the fools, the weak and the silly who rule the roost. You are mediocre.
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The Creative Power of the Individual
The individual gives meaning and purpose to the world.