Being and sense: the paradox of suffering
Taking as an opportunity and philosophical basis of the work of Arthur Schopenhauer, the article presents a reflection on the paradoxical nature of suffering in human existence. Despite its undeniable positivity - only suffering is actually real, well being is always impermanent cessation of sufferi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication date: | 2016 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | UFSM |
| Repository: | Voluntas - Revista Internacional de Filosofia (Santa Maria) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/33699 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsm.br/voluntas/article/view/33699 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Finitude Suffering Will Compassion Selfishness Sofrimento Vontade Compaixão Egoísmo |
| Summary: | Taking as an opportunity and philosophical basis of the work of Arthur Schopenhauer, the article presents a reflection on the paradoxical nature of suffering in human existence. Despite its undeniable positivity - only suffering is actually real, well being is always impermanent cessation of suffering - it is absurd, and is implanted in the ontological root of human finitude. |
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