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Quotation from The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
“Thus its life swings like a pendulum backwards and forwards between pain and ennui”
The World as Will and Representation, Fourth Book, §57, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886)
The core image of Schopenhauer's pessimism: unsatisfied will is pain, satisfied will becomes boredom.
Citation: "Thus its life swings like a pendulum backwards and forwards between pain and ennui" — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Fourth Book, §57, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886). (id the-world-as-will-and-representation-q10)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
