Learning from the Philosopher SchopenhauerIs reading quality or quantity? What should we read? What is the point of reading in the first place? Why should we read?
Schopenhauer will give his sharp opinions on such questions about reading. It is quite dry. This is a good book to taste Schopenhauer's verses.
You will encounter words that will make you think twice about "reading books.
Learning from the Philosopher SchopenhauerChristian doctrine at the time forbade suicide, and those who committed suicide were not given a proper funeral and were treated as sinners.
But Schopenhauer questions this. This article will discuss Schopenhauer's suicide.
Although written more than 150 years ago, the issues addressed in this book are still of grave significance today.
Learning from the Philosopher SchopenhauerHappiness is a mirage. It is a delusion."
The title of the book, "On Happiness," suggests that we will be taught how to make our lives happy, but Schopenhauer's character is in full force when he suddenly and bluntly dismisses happiness as nothing more than an illusion.
In this book, Schopenhauer shreds the "illusion of happiness that people believe in" and talks about how to live and what true happiness is.
Unlike his main book, "The World as Will and Representation," the stories are short, concrete, and very readable. It is an excellent introduction to Schopenhauer.
Learning from the Philosopher SchopenhauerThe World as Will and Representation is a rather large work. It would be extremely difficult for the people of the time, as well as for us today, to fully understand it.
What's more, surprisingly, the author himself, Schopenhauer, makes a tremendous statement in his preface.
He begins by saying. You have to read this book twice to understand it.
He wants us to read such a difficult and long book twice. And he declares from the very beginning that you need patience because you won't understand it the first time. Schopenhauer is indeed a very different man.
Other words of surprise keep coming. After all, this work is not a simple one!
Learning from the Philosopher SchopenhauerCuriously, Dostoevsky himself does not have much of a Schopenhauer shadow. His contemporaries Turgenev and Tolstoy took a strong interest in him, while Dostoevsky did not. This fact, conversely, is intriguing.
Schopenhauer is also famous as a philosopher who was influenced by Buddhism. He is a philosopher that I have been meaning to read someday but have been putting it off.
This is also a good opportunity and I would like to read Schopenhauer from now on.
Shakespeare, a treasure trove of masterpiecesI have introduced Shakespeare's works so far, but when I think of Shakespeare, this "You Can't Hurry Love! is a play that I cannot miss.
I saw this play for the first time in Sapporo in 2018, and since then, it has become one of my favorites, so much so that I have traveled to Tokyo to see it two days in a row.
This work has a mysterious charm. There is a freshness that lightens the viewer's heart.
I felt satisfied and happy on the way home the first day I saw this play for the first time! I highly recommend this play!
Shakespeare, a treasure trove of masterpiecesThe die is cast, Crossing the Rubicon, I came, I saw, I won, Brutus, you too?
Some of these may ring a bell.
I myself didn't get the idea with the name Julius Caesar, but the real name of this man in Roman style is Gaius Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar" was a work that left a strong impression on me. It was most interesting to read after knowing the synopsis and background. I highly recommend it.
Shakespeare, a treasure trove of masterpiecesThe tragedy of Macbeth's attempt on the throne, seduced by the witches, is the main theme of this work.
The storyline is fast-paced and breathtaking. The witch's mysterious prophecy is also an exquisite foreshadowing, and it is really interesting to see how it will be recovered.
The storyline of this work is very interesting, but the inner conflict and fear of the characters are also very interesting.
This piece is also one of my particular favorites. I highly recommend this work.
Shakespeare, a treasure trove of masterpiecesIn this work, several people, including King Lear, suffer tragic fates. The tragedy of these people's lives is so horrific that we want to cover our eyes, and we are overwhelmed by their cries of grief.
But this is not simply a tragic, pessimistic story. It is a story about the greatness of human beings and the mystery of the immeasurable in the midst of suffering.
There is salvation in suffering. This is something that can be felt in Dostoevsky as well.
It seems to me that the greatness of this tragic work lies not merely in the fact that suffering becomes despair, but also in the fact that it looks at the depths of the human condition.
Shakespeare, a treasure trove of masterpiecesThe main plot of this work is the confrontation between Antonio, who could not repay his debt, and Shylock, a loan shark, but that is Shakespeare. The story that continues in parallel with this main story is also interesting!
Shakespeare then created Shylock, who became the symbol of the vicious miser and miserly man in this work. Shylock's form would go on to inspire literary figures around the world.
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(71) To Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini, Nepal, the birthplace of Buddha
(70) To the place of Buddha's ascension near Gion Seisha - the hill where Buddha ascended to the heavenly realm to meet his deceased mother.
(69) Visit Gion Seisha, one of the eight great Buddhist sites in India - famous for the "Voice of the Bell at Gion Seisha" in the Tale of the Heike
(68) To Sankasha, one of the Eight Great Sacred Sites of Buddhism - the site of the legend of Buddha's descent from the heavens, "The Three Treasures of the Way".
(67) Visit to the Taj Mahal, a symbol of India: A tomb like a palace and the tragedy of a captive king who gazes upon it.
(66) The day I was convinced of Disney's religiosity at the Minakshi Temple, Madurai, South India
