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Schopenhauer observes that our lives are defined by the twin poles of want and boredom. We are constantly driven by desires, but their satisfaction is brief and often leads to disappointment. Even our pursuit of intellectual pleasure is balanced by the unique human scourge of boredom, which animals do not experience in the same way

While humans share basic physical needs with animals, our capacity for reflection multiplies our suffering. We do not just experience present pain; we anticipate future misfortune and regret the past. This mental activity intensifies our emotions, leading to hopes and fears that are far more vehement than any animal’s instinctual reactions

Imagine this race transported to a utopia where everything grows of its own accord, turkeys fly around already roasted, where lovers find one another without any delay and keep one another without any difficulty. In such a place some men would die of boredom or hang themselves, some would fight and kill one another, and thus, they would create for themselves more suffering than nature inflicts on them as it is

“nada do que morre, morre para sempre; mas também, nada do que nasce recebe uma existência fundamental nova”

após a morte, o intelecto deixa de existir, o que sobra é apenas a vontade. Tendo em consideração que a vontade não é análoga à alma, entende-se que a essência do ser é impessoal e imaterial, ultrapassando qualquer conceito mundano.

“ter consciência da temporalidade das coisas te faz enxergar aquilo que é eterno”