Philosophy
Essays and Aphorisms: 6 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 6
The will drives everything
A blind, endless striving underlies all life.
We want, we get, we want again.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
Between desire and boredom
Life swings between the pain of unmet desire and the boredom of satisfied desire.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
Art offers relief
In beauty and music we briefly step outside our wanting and simply see.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Ethics from compassion
Morality is rooted in compassion: recognising another's suffering as continuous with your own.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Think for yourself
Reading too much can replace your own thinking with someone else's.
Read less, reflect more.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Lower expectations
Expecting less from life reduces disappointment and makes small joys more noticeable.
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