“ The cause of suffering is intensity of will; the less we exercise will, the less we shall suffer. ”
Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy (1945). copy citation
| Author | Bertrand Russell |
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| Source | A History of Western Philosophy |
| Topic | intensity suffering |
| Date | 1945 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/History%20of%20Western%20Philosoph... |
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“The best of myths is that of Nirvana (which Schopenhauer interprets as extinction) . This, he agrees, is contrary to Christian doctrine, but “the ancient wisdom of the human race will not be displaced by what happened in Galilee.” The cause of suffering is intensity of will; the less we exercise will, the less we shall suffer. And here knowledge turns out to be useful after all, provided it is knowledge of a certain sort. The distinction between one man and another is part of the phenomenal world, and disappears when the world is seen truly.”
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