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Quotation from The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
“terrified Nature seizes upon _madness_ as the last resource of life”
The World as Will and Representation, Third Book, §36, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886)
Unbearable grief leads the mind to destroy its own memory, as one cuts off a mortified limb; Ajax, Lear and Ophelia are the examples.
Citation: "terrified Nature seizes upon _madness_ as the last resource of life" — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Third Book, §36, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886). (id the-world-as-will-and-representation-q7)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
