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Excerpt from The Will to Beauty, Being a Continuation of the Philosophies of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche If God is a mind, especially an all-knowing mind, as the religious claim, why does he not stop a fire when innocent human beings are burning? If he is all-merciful, why does he permit his chil dren to be buried under the debris of an earth quake or the lava of a volcano? Religious people worship a God that does not have the mercy that they have. If these things are the work of the devil, then why does not the omnipotent God overpower the devil? These have been, and will remain forever, the most honest questions that a human being can ask. There is no theologian living that can answer these questions without resorting to a sophistry that is an insult to the human mind. The true answer to these questions came when Schopenhauer discovered the Will. The uni verse is an unconscious force, or motive, seeking a conscious ego. God does not know, but by a ponderous evolution it attains to the human mind. God is the great unconscious. The question before us now is, What is the aim and object of this unconscious Will of the universe? Schopenhauer was pessimistic because it appeared to him that the Will has no object but to create and destroy, to create and destroy. Nietzsche, who followed Schopenhauer, tried to work up a little enthusiasm. This unconscious Will, accord ing to Nietzsche, is the Will to Power - power trying to exceed itself. It glories in power and in the esthetics of power. But as the Will to Power must finally destroy the ego that it has evolved, the enthusiasm cannot be very great, almost any sensible person will admit. Since the time of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche weak and decadent philosophers have sprung up. They are the weeds that spring up among the vegetation. Whenever the human race makes progress the religious reactionaries utilize that progress for proving their point over again. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... OBSESSION Thus did Zarathustra hear a soothsayer speak; and the foreboding touched his heart and transformed him. Sorrowfully did he go about and wearily; and he became like unto those of whom the soothsayer had spoken.-- Thus did Zarathustra go about grieved in his heart, and for three days he did not take any meat or drink: he had no rest, and lost his speech.--"Then did a roaring wind tear the folds apart: whistling, whizzing, and piercing, it threw unto me a black coffin.--And a thousand caricatures of children, angels, owls, fools, and childsized butterflies laughed and mocked, and roared at me." Thus did Zarathustra relate his dream, and then was silent: but the disciple whom he loved most arose quickly, seized Zarathustra's hand and said: "Art thou not thyself the wind with shrill whistling, which bursteth open the gates of the fortress of death? Art thou not thyself the coffin full of many-hued malices and angel-caricatures of life?" Thus spake the disciple; and all the others then thronged around Zarathustra, grasped him by the hands, and tried to persuade him to leave his bed and his sadness, and return unto them. Zarathustra, however, sat upright on his couch, with an absent look. Like one returning from long foreign sojourn did he look on his disciples, and examined their features; but still he knew them not. When, however, they raised him and set him upon his feet, behold, all on a sudden, his eye changed; he understood everything that had happened, stroked his beard, and said with a strong voice: "Well! this hath just its time; but see to it, my disciples, that we have a good repast, and without delay! Thus do I mean to make amends for bad dreams! The soothsayer, however, shall eat and drink at my side: and verily, I will...
In this philosophical work, Abraham Kanovitch explores the concept of beauty and its role in human life. He argues that the pursuit of beauty is a fundamental aspect of the human condition and offers insights into how we can cultivate a more beautiful world. This book will appeal to anyone interested in aesthetics, philosophy, and the human experience. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.