ON SUICIDE - Arthur Schopenhauer

ON SUICIDE - Arthur Schopenhauer

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[jimmydaneable]

@selvmordspilot

I think it's more complicated than that though... it's a balance of everyone's selfish needs. Those who want you to live, no matter how much or how long you suffer, are also being selfish by trying to keep you here. Likewise, the suicidal may truly believe that everyone will eventually be better off if he's gone.

I don't think it's clear who's right or wrong, but I do believe this: by CALLING the suicidal "selfish," we're really just screaming "please don't leave me!"

[gwcstudio]

@milascave - there is no such thing as a measure of intelligence. Spelling may be taken by some to be an indicator of education, intelligence, or a broken keyboard.

[Hoobifta]

Don't remind me of suicide, I never thought Schopenhauerism was suicide. It's not fun to hear, you have failed at talking bad with passion.

[Hoobifta]

I vomited in a childish way because of death on the cross. It seems to be my imagination but my childish vomiting at disgusting things is very real. Yes it's very negative optimism, but the essence of philosophy, pessimistic or not, is the optimism in it: seeing the best in what the pessimist thinks & seeing the best in seeing the worst yourself. I'm not stopping there, I was almost a Buddhist when I applied Schopenhauer, truth is it differs because you can have your own kind of discomfort w it!

[Hoobifta]

Schopenhauer is extremely sceptical. I'm extremely sceptical, and empirical scepticism is useless, only the contrary is better, like nihilism and solipsism & agnosticism. Suicide is bad, so we can live and be indifferent to dying. Schopenhauer, how do you sleep at night? In my own light, it's the things said about me that's bad, like I'm disruptive, problematic, or loud/shouting, no! I'm very unlucky, no one is unluckier than me. I'm the unluckiest. Ignorance (not Schopenhauer) beating guys=will

[TheWendingRoad]

One of my favourite essays and great voice. Thanks for sharing!

[LostRituals]

I bet Schopenhauer would have hated that noisy intro :D

[ishinadish]

The assumption is that suicide is purely for escape. It can, in fact, be the greatest act of freedom of will. If one is sentenced to death, then suicide is an act of taking your death into your own hands, and can be a sign of resistance.

[RationalSuicide]

Legalize assisted suicide, good vid.

[NZtenga]

suicide is not selfish you fucking idiots, people who are suicidal are entitled to there own decisions , do you think they give a fuck about anyone, the answer is NO, why because thats the only way out for them.. they feel more of all the pain and there mind is blank ..