Schopenhauer's idea of love is a very masculine one. Men do tend to look for pretty women. But us women have two kinds of men: the affectionate, kind and smart one that may be a great for raising offspring and the tall athletic one with genes worth spreading.
Hmmm. And he left out the most important point of LOVE in Schopenhauer: for happiness, we have to strive to overcome the Will to Live, or transcend above it. Only then are we set free from the phenomenal world. I wonder if Alain thought of including a section on Wagner's Tristan & Isolde which took Schopenhauer's concept of Love as its central theme....
tybaltyrant - funny you say that because according to Alain in a recent interview, this woman and him ended up falling in love. They lasted a few years too.
Schopenhauer's idea of love is a very masculine one. Men do tend to look for pretty women. But us women have two kinds of men: the affectionate, kind and smart one that may be a great for raising offspring and the tall athletic one with genes worth spreading.
windandfire22 5 months ago
Hmmm. And he left out the most important point of LOVE in Schopenhauer: for happiness, we have to strive to overcome the Will to Live, or transcend above it. Only then are we set free from the phenomenal world. I wonder if Alain thought of including a section on Wagner's Tristan & Isolde which took Schopenhauer's concept of Love as its central theme....
DragonYearJoji 5 months ago
why would he expect her to have dinner with her to talk more after they just talked for hours about philosophical stuff
karmacop911 1 year ago
ahahahahahaha
what a great pickup line xD
weetzybat 2 years ago 2
tybaltyrant - funny you say that because according to Alain in a recent interview, this woman and him ended up falling in love. They lasted a few years too.
PPocket1984 2 years ago
@PPocket1984 Where can I find this interview?
MHayes85 1 year ago
"are you free for dinner?"
shut down alain. women don't like philosophers. you spent the entire program telling us why.
that lass wants a thick haired, well built footballer whom she can produce babies with - not enjoy a fulfilling life with an effeminate romantic.
tybaltyrant 3 years ago 13
hey! - he may be a little effeminate, but i used to fancy him so much - you could tell he identified with schopenhauer's big brain
spotlitkiss 3 years ago
His influence on Wagner was immense.
subwaysleuth 4 years ago 3
Yeah, well said. Ungrounded expectation is the bigger culprit.
alexstan23 4 years ago
"The darkest thinkers can sometimes, paradoxically, be the most cheery." Amen! Great Video!
(Other brilliant darkies include Friedrich Nietzsche and Aleister Crowley... check em' out!)
FraterAmbrosios 4 years ago 12
FN's-Daybreak I think would fit that bill. Good video.
slothafur 4 years ago
so true! - a year old comment, so if you're still alive - here's to you!
spotlitkiss 3 years ago