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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

21483	Man is essentially a dreadful wild animal [Schopenhauer]
	Full Idea: Man is at bottom a dreadful wild animal.
	From: Arthur Schopenhauer (Parerga and Paralipomena [1851], VIII:114)
	A reaction: As an example he cites the slave owners in the United States.

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure

21466	Pleasure is weaker, and pain stronger, than we expect [Schopenhauer]
	Full Idea: As a rule we find pleasure much less pleasurable, pain much more painful than we expected.
	From: Arthur Schopenhauer (Parerga and Paralipomena [1851], XII:149)
	A reaction: Never go on holiday with Schopenhauer. This is more accurate about pain, I think.