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Quotation from The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
“we keep the Sabbath of the penal servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands still”
The World as Will and Representation, Third Book, §38, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886)
The relief of aesthetic contemplation, in which knowledge is freed from the service of the will.
Citation: "we keep the Sabbath of the penal servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands still" — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Third Book, §38, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886). (id the-world-as-will-and-representation-q8)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
