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Single Idea 14890
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Full Idea
Suffering is the meaning of existence.
Gist of Idea
Suffering is the meaning of existence
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74 [1873], 32 [67])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished of 'Unfashionable Obs' period (v 11)', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.336
A Reaction
This doesn't mean that he is advocating suffering. The context of his remark is that the pursuit of truth involves suffering.
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Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age
[Plato]
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7893
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Our life is the creation of our mind
[Anon (Dham)]
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8766
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In much wisdom is much grief
[Anon (Ecc)]
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20815
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No wise man has yet been discovered
[Stoic school, by Cicero]
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6263
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No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air
[Montaigne]
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8093
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Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier
[Joubert]
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7170
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'Wisdom' attempts to get beyond perspectives, making it hostile to life
[Nietzsche]
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14890
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Suffering is the meaning of existence
[Nietzsche]
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18290
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But what is the reasoning of the body, that it requires the wisdom you seek?
[Nietzsche]
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19608
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Wisdom is just the last gasp of a dying civilization
[Cioran]
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23064
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So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting
[Cioran]
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9764
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Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy
[Quine]
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9247
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Life will be lived better if it has no meaning
[Camus]
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3240
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There is more insight in fundamental perplexity about problems than in their supposed solutions
[Nagel]
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7490
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Because of Darwin, wisdom as a definite attainable state has faded
[Watson]
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19695
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The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled
[Whitcomb]
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