Depression, “fear of life,” refusal of nourishment and so on are invariably taken as signs of a pathological state and treated thereafter. Often, however, such phenomena are messages from a deeper, more immediate sense of life, bitter fruits of a geniality of thought or feeling at the root of anti-biological tendencies. It is not the soul being sick, but its protection failing, or else being rejected because it is experienced—correctly—as a betrayal of ego’s highest potential.
Smith'in tezine göre uzak geçmişte bir zamanda insan zihni uyumsal amaçlarla kendini ve diğerlerini daha iyi aldatmak için bilinç ve bilinçdışı süreçlere ayrılmıştır.
Schopenhauer is here straightforward in limning his awareness that, for human beings, existence is a state of demonic mania, with the Will-to-live as the possessing spirit of “ephemeral and tormented individuals.” Elsewhere in his works, he denominates consciousness as “an accident of life.” A blunder. A mistake. Is there really anything behind our smiles and tears but an evolutionary slip-up?
Sonumuza karşı koymak yerine şunu göreceğiz ki yaşamın değersizliğinin bilgisi insan bilgeliğinin çiçeğidir.
Hayat cehennemdir ve kesin ölümün geldiği tatlı sakin gece cehennemin ortadan kaldırılmasıdır.