When life is suffering, Schopenhauer
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"Seogamyeonggang": A famous lecture you can attend without going to Seoul National University. A philosophy class to save you from desire and boredom Discover Korea's finest lectures in book form! The eighteenth volume in the "Seogamyeonggang" series, featuring carefully curated lectures by current Seoul National University faculty, has been published. The Seoga Myunggang series, which transcribes the lectures of Seoul National University's top professors in various fields, including history, philosophy, science, medicine, and art, into books, provides readers with the expansion of knowledge and the joy of learning. "When Life is Painful, Schopenhauer" contains Schopenhauer's valuable insights that will provide comfort to modern people who are tired of things not going their way. Professor Park Chan-guk of Seoul National University's Department of Philosophy, Korea's leading authority on existential philosophy, explains Schopenhauer's message, which penetrates the essence of life—"living is suffering"—in easy-to-understand language and metaphors. If you have ever thought that life is suffering, if you have lost the meaning of life and are wandering, I encourage you to listen to Schopenhauer's words. Schopenhauer, also known as a pessimistic philosopher with a sharp tongue, thoroughly exposes the dark side of our lives and the world, while simultaneously confronting the essence of suffering that makes us unhappy. Now, through this book, readers will find a time to reconcile with their lives. |
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Main keywords
The most thorough exposure of life and the world
Part 1: Living is Painful
Schopenhauer, the philosopher who became a pessimist at the age of 17
Life is a pendulum that swings between pain and boredom.
This world is the most evil world imaginable.
Extreme misanthropy, dogs are better than humans
Q/A Ask and Answer
Part 2: How to Escape the Swamp of Pain
Humans are suffering because they are beings of desire.
Schopenhauer's three conditions for happiness
How to swallow your pain and make peace with life
Beauty frees us from desire.
Compassion, the intuitive realization that we are all one
Eternal freedom from desire
If life is a nightmare, death is a blessing.
Q/A Ask and Answer
Outgoing Writing: Shaking Off the Ghosts Within Me
Main keywords
The most thorough exposure of life and the world
Part 1: Living is Painful
Schopenhauer, the philosopher who became a pessimist at the age of 17
Life is a pendulum that swings between pain and boredom.
This world is the most evil world imaginable.
Extreme misanthropy, dogs are better than humans
Q/A Ask and Answer
Part 2: How to Escape the Swamp of Pain
Humans are suffering because they are beings of desire.
Schopenhauer's three conditions for happiness
How to swallow your pain and make peace with life
Beauty frees us from desire.
Compassion, the intuitive realization that we are all one
Eternal freedom from desire
If life is a nightmare, death is a blessing.
Q/A Ask and Answer
Outgoing Writing: Shaking Off the Ghosts Within Me
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Schopenhauer is a philosopher famous for his pessimism.
As a cynical philosopher, he persistently exposes the dark side of our lives and the world, to the point of being perceived as malicious.
Schopenhauer sees us humans as beings caught up in an incurable selfish greed, and he also portrays the world as a place where all living things struggle fiercely for survival.
Regardless of Eastern or Western philosophy, no philosopher has so thoroughly exposed the dark side of our lives and the world as Schopenhauer.
---From "Introduction | The Most Thorough Exposure of Life and the World"
Schopenhauer says, “This world is the worst possible world.”
Schopenhauer's words are similar to Leibniz's (G.S.) statement that "this world is the best of all possible worlds, because it was created by a perfect and benevolent God."
It is a parody of the words of W. Leibniz.
Leibniz said that this world, when seen through the eyes of God, is the best world imaginable.
Who do you think is right, Schopenhauer or Leibniz? Or do you think they are both wrong?
---From "Part 1 | Living is Painful"
Schopenhauer's pessimism appears cynical and even malicious.
Schopenhauer seems to want to see only the dark and negative side of life and humanity.
But the cynicism he pours on life aims to distance us from it.
When we look at life from this distance, we enter a state of peace of mind, seeing as trivial the things we previously held dear and obsessed over.
---From "Part 1 | Living is Painful"
If you keep getting stabbed and hurt like this by people close to you, you'll want to live alone.
There was a time when 'eating alone' and 'drinking alone' were popular, and this was a survival strategy chosen by people who were tired of being stabbed.
A hedgehog may choose to live alone because it doesn't want to be poked by other hedgehogs anymore.
But will the hedgehog be happy living alone like this? It won't be pricked anymore, but it won't be long before it feels cold and lonely.
Then he will miss the other hedgehogs to share warmth with.
We humans may feel at ease for a while when we live alone, but soon we begin to shiver from the cold loneliness that surrounds us.
---From "Part 1 | Living is Painful"
Human happiness depends more on what belongs to oneself, such as character and health, than on external things, such as wealth or fame.
In particular, health is the foundation of happiness, and a healthy beggar is happier than a sick king.
If health is so much more necessary for happiness than wealth or fame, it is much wiser to strive to maintain health than to strive to acquire wealth or fame.
Good health is also absolutely necessary for us to maintain a cheerful mind.
---From "Part 2 | How to Escape the Swamp of Pain"
Schopenhauer says that if we want to subject everything to us, we must subject ourselves to reason.
Those of us with mature reason know very well that suffering arises because we become slaves to our various desires.
Therefore, he can control and regulate his desires.
In contrast, most people are so focused on acquiring the object of their desires that they become slaves to their desires without being aware of the movement of desire that dominates them.
---From "Part 2 | How to Escape the Swamp of Pain"
The recognition that what we experience is necessarily caused by a cosmic will includes the recognition that suffering is the essence of life.
This is because many things that happen to us happen not according to our wishes, but according to the inevitable laws of the universe.
When we recognize that things in this world don't always go as we want them to and that suffering is the essence of life, we can calmly accept even moderate suffering and make peace with life.
This attitude is far more dignified than the one that chases from one illusion of happiness to another.
---From "Part 2 | How to Escape the Swamp of Pain"
The goal of such exposure is to expose the ugliness and futility of everyday life, which we usually take for granted and fall into, and to urge us to break free from it.
The more we become aware of the ugliness and futility of our everyday lives, which are steeped in the pursuit of various desires, the more we can distance ourselves from such a life and pursue a better life.
As a cynical philosopher, he persistently exposes the dark side of our lives and the world, to the point of being perceived as malicious.
Schopenhauer sees us humans as beings caught up in an incurable selfish greed, and he also portrays the world as a place where all living things struggle fiercely for survival.
Regardless of Eastern or Western philosophy, no philosopher has so thoroughly exposed the dark side of our lives and the world as Schopenhauer.
---From "Introduction | The Most Thorough Exposure of Life and the World"
Schopenhauer says, “This world is the worst possible world.”
Schopenhauer's words are similar to Leibniz's (G.S.) statement that "this world is the best of all possible worlds, because it was created by a perfect and benevolent God."
It is a parody of the words of W. Leibniz.
Leibniz said that this world, when seen through the eyes of God, is the best world imaginable.
Who do you think is right, Schopenhauer or Leibniz? Or do you think they are both wrong?
---From "Part 1 | Living is Painful"
Schopenhauer's pessimism appears cynical and even malicious.
Schopenhauer seems to want to see only the dark and negative side of life and humanity.
But the cynicism he pours on life aims to distance us from it.
When we look at life from this distance, we enter a state of peace of mind, seeing as trivial the things we previously held dear and obsessed over.
---From "Part 1 | Living is Painful"
If you keep getting stabbed and hurt like this by people close to you, you'll want to live alone.
There was a time when 'eating alone' and 'drinking alone' were popular, and this was a survival strategy chosen by people who were tired of being stabbed.
A hedgehog may choose to live alone because it doesn't want to be poked by other hedgehogs anymore.
But will the hedgehog be happy living alone like this? It won't be pricked anymore, but it won't be long before it feels cold and lonely.
Then he will miss the other hedgehogs to share warmth with.
We humans may feel at ease for a while when we live alone, but soon we begin to shiver from the cold loneliness that surrounds us.
---From "Part 1 | Living is Painful"
Human happiness depends more on what belongs to oneself, such as character and health, than on external things, such as wealth or fame.
In particular, health is the foundation of happiness, and a healthy beggar is happier than a sick king.
If health is so much more necessary for happiness than wealth or fame, it is much wiser to strive to maintain health than to strive to acquire wealth or fame.
Good health is also absolutely necessary for us to maintain a cheerful mind.
---From "Part 2 | How to Escape the Swamp of Pain"
Schopenhauer says that if we want to subject everything to us, we must subject ourselves to reason.
Those of us with mature reason know very well that suffering arises because we become slaves to our various desires.
Therefore, he can control and regulate his desires.
In contrast, most people are so focused on acquiring the object of their desires that they become slaves to their desires without being aware of the movement of desire that dominates them.
---From "Part 2 | How to Escape the Swamp of Pain"
The recognition that what we experience is necessarily caused by a cosmic will includes the recognition that suffering is the essence of life.
This is because many things that happen to us happen not according to our wishes, but according to the inevitable laws of the universe.
When we recognize that things in this world don't always go as we want them to and that suffering is the essence of life, we can calmly accept even moderate suffering and make peace with life.
This attitude is far more dignified than the one that chases from one illusion of happiness to another.
---From "Part 2 | How to Escape the Swamp of Pain"
The goal of such exposure is to expose the ugliness and futility of everyday life, which we usually take for granted and fall into, and to urge us to break free from it.
The more we become aware of the ugliness and futility of our everyday lives, which are steeped in the pursuit of various desires, the more we can distance ourselves from such a life and pursue a better life.
---From "The Writings That Come Out | Shaking Off the Ghosts Within Me"
Publisher's Review
“Life is suffering.”
Schopenhauer for Modern People in the Age of Desire
When you fail the college entrance exam, when you can't get a job, when your business fails, when the person you like doesn't accept your feelings...
When things don't go our way, we feel pain.
Sometimes, similar things happen over and over again, and it's easy to become pessimistic.
Like this, everyone has probably at least once expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that things in the world do not go as planned.
Schopenhauer, one of the most famous philosophers of the 19th century, also said, “Life is suffering.”
After realizing at the young age of 17 that the essence of life and the world is suffering, Schopenhauer devoted his life to thinking about where the suffering of life comes from and how to overcome it.
His philosophy not only resonated with many people at the time, but also had a profound influence on the greatest figures of his time, including philosophers like Nietzsche and psychologists like Freud.
What is it about Schopenhauer that so captivates people?
There are probably not many people living in any era who would say that life is easy.
Our lives today, not much different from those of Schopenhauer's time, are by no means easy.
Especially in today's world, which is filled with complex interests, selfishness, and greed, we live our daily lives as if we are being chased, forgetting what is most important in life.
This is precisely why we need Schopenhauer now.
Professor Park Chan-guk of the Department of Philosophy at Seoul National University, who has already deeply moved young readers through bestsellers such as “Nietzsche Asked if Life is Hard,” presents us with another powerful message through Schopenhauer.
Professor Park Chan-guk's characteristically friendly commentary, which breaks down difficult philosophy into easy-to-understand language, will allow you to discover Schopenhauer's outstanding insights into life.
Schopenhauer's most thorough exposure of life!
It's time to make peace with my life in the most intelligent way possible.
We think, “Life is suffering,” but we don’t think deeply about why we are suffering.
We often look for the cause of our suffering outside ourselves and blame others.
It's because society is unequal, people don't know me, and I'm unhappy because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
However, Schopenhauer argues that most of our suffering comes from ourselves.
Schopenhauer defined humans as ‘beings of desire.’
According to him, humans are beings suffering from endless desires, like a bottomless pit.
So, once a desire is satisfied, we soon feel bored and find it difficult to escape the cycle of being tormented by another desire.
Schopenhauer expressed this sharply in a short and concise sentence: “Life is like a pendulum swinging between pain and boredom.”
Schopenhauer's revelation that the essence of life and the world is suffering still appeals to us across time.
This is because Schopenhauer did not just lament that life is suffering.
Schopenhauer says that even though we are beings of desire, there is a way to escape the dominion of desire.
He cries out to us that we must accept the fact that suffering is the essence of life.
It is a message of hope that only when we truly understand the truth of life and the world can we calmly accept even moderate suffering and find peace with our lives.
This book helps us to empathize with Schopenhauer's cry that life is suffering and to change the direction of our lives by freeing ourselves from this suffering.
Why is life suffering!
How to get out of pain!
Schopenhauer's philosophy can be broadly divided into two.
One is a cynical description and exploration of humanity and the world, and the other is a search for an exit from our state of being tormented by desire.
The former has a dark side, the latter a bright and hopeful side.
In order to properly understand Schopenhauer's philosophy, which has both aspects, this book is also largely divided into two parts.
In Part 1, “Life is Pain,” Schopenhauer reveals to us the futility, ugliness, and tragedy of life and the world.
What is particularly noteworthy is the greatness of Schopenhauer, who rebelled against the traditional Western philosophy, which had been dominated by the view that humans were 'rational' animals.
Schopenhauer's philosophy, which overturned traditional ways of thinking and brought about a great change in human views, had a profound influence on many philosophers and artists later on.
The world of Schopenhauer, which even Nietzsche was so absorbed in that he forgot about sleep, unfolds.
In Part 2, “How to Escape from the Swamp of Suffering,” Schopenhauer suggests a way to overcome desire and escape suffering.
We also get a glimpse of Schopenhauer's insights into weighty topics such as happiness, death, and art, which are important parts of our lives.
Above all, Schopenhauer sends a message to distance ourselves from a painful life and pursue a better life.
He says that if we empty ourselves of desire, a deep joy like rapture will come to us, and he urges us to go beyond selfishness and greed and ultimately empty ourselves of even the desire to give up desire.
The attitude to life that Schopenhauer emphasizes is to be able to see a world that is much more dignified and beautiful than chasing the illusion of happiness.
Schopenhauer's insights found in this book will help us overcome the suffering we face in life and lead our lives in a more desirable direction.
Schopenhauer for Modern People in the Age of Desire
When you fail the college entrance exam, when you can't get a job, when your business fails, when the person you like doesn't accept your feelings...
When things don't go our way, we feel pain.
Sometimes, similar things happen over and over again, and it's easy to become pessimistic.
Like this, everyone has probably at least once expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that things in the world do not go as planned.
Schopenhauer, one of the most famous philosophers of the 19th century, also said, “Life is suffering.”
After realizing at the young age of 17 that the essence of life and the world is suffering, Schopenhauer devoted his life to thinking about where the suffering of life comes from and how to overcome it.
His philosophy not only resonated with many people at the time, but also had a profound influence on the greatest figures of his time, including philosophers like Nietzsche and psychologists like Freud.
What is it about Schopenhauer that so captivates people?
There are probably not many people living in any era who would say that life is easy.
Our lives today, not much different from those of Schopenhauer's time, are by no means easy.
Especially in today's world, which is filled with complex interests, selfishness, and greed, we live our daily lives as if we are being chased, forgetting what is most important in life.
This is precisely why we need Schopenhauer now.
Professor Park Chan-guk of the Department of Philosophy at Seoul National University, who has already deeply moved young readers through bestsellers such as “Nietzsche Asked if Life is Hard,” presents us with another powerful message through Schopenhauer.
Professor Park Chan-guk's characteristically friendly commentary, which breaks down difficult philosophy into easy-to-understand language, will allow you to discover Schopenhauer's outstanding insights into life.
Schopenhauer's most thorough exposure of life!
It's time to make peace with my life in the most intelligent way possible.
We think, “Life is suffering,” but we don’t think deeply about why we are suffering.
We often look for the cause of our suffering outside ourselves and blame others.
It's because society is unequal, people don't know me, and I'm unhappy because I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
However, Schopenhauer argues that most of our suffering comes from ourselves.
Schopenhauer defined humans as ‘beings of desire.’
According to him, humans are beings suffering from endless desires, like a bottomless pit.
So, once a desire is satisfied, we soon feel bored and find it difficult to escape the cycle of being tormented by another desire.
Schopenhauer expressed this sharply in a short and concise sentence: “Life is like a pendulum swinging between pain and boredom.”
Schopenhauer's revelation that the essence of life and the world is suffering still appeals to us across time.
This is because Schopenhauer did not just lament that life is suffering.
Schopenhauer says that even though we are beings of desire, there is a way to escape the dominion of desire.
He cries out to us that we must accept the fact that suffering is the essence of life.
It is a message of hope that only when we truly understand the truth of life and the world can we calmly accept even moderate suffering and find peace with our lives.
This book helps us to empathize with Schopenhauer's cry that life is suffering and to change the direction of our lives by freeing ourselves from this suffering.
Why is life suffering!
How to get out of pain!
Schopenhauer's philosophy can be broadly divided into two.
One is a cynical description and exploration of humanity and the world, and the other is a search for an exit from our state of being tormented by desire.
The former has a dark side, the latter a bright and hopeful side.
In order to properly understand Schopenhauer's philosophy, which has both aspects, this book is also largely divided into two parts.
In Part 1, “Life is Pain,” Schopenhauer reveals to us the futility, ugliness, and tragedy of life and the world.
What is particularly noteworthy is the greatness of Schopenhauer, who rebelled against the traditional Western philosophy, which had been dominated by the view that humans were 'rational' animals.
Schopenhauer's philosophy, which overturned traditional ways of thinking and brought about a great change in human views, had a profound influence on many philosophers and artists later on.
The world of Schopenhauer, which even Nietzsche was so absorbed in that he forgot about sleep, unfolds.
In Part 2, “How to Escape from the Swamp of Suffering,” Schopenhauer suggests a way to overcome desire and escape suffering.
We also get a glimpse of Schopenhauer's insights into weighty topics such as happiness, death, and art, which are important parts of our lives.
Above all, Schopenhauer sends a message to distance ourselves from a painful life and pursue a better life.
He says that if we empty ourselves of desire, a deep joy like rapture will come to us, and he urges us to go beyond selfishness and greed and ultimately empty ourselves of even the desire to give up desire.
The attitude to life that Schopenhauer emphasizes is to be able to see a world that is much more dignified and beautiful than chasing the illusion of happiness.
Schopenhauer's insights found in this book will help us overcome the suffering we face in life and lead our lives in a more desirable direction.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: June 2, 2021
- Page count, weight, size: 276 pages | 368g | 128*188*21mm
- ISBN13: 9788950995485
- ISBN10: 8950995484
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