chapter 5,6

self=reason+will reason=f(will) we reason painfully, slowly and reluctantly that in most cases bring us bad emotion, which our will do not like keep reason, in spite of the resistance and opposition of the will //reason vs will

you and I are just vehicles the intensity for sex reflects the magnitude of the purpose. the unconceived offspring draws a male and female partner together 精彩 once the species reach its goal, the gratification and delusion of love ebb away they go back to normal, no happier than before, which is out of expectation after so great an effort, nothing has resulted for their pleasure just for sexual satisfaction? Seems no worth such a great effort. they have been cheated by the will of the species. 精彩 not to generate offspring, still ruled by life-generating instincts. same to the case of homosexuality //to reproduce

this longing for endless possession this pain of being unattainable come from the will to be infinite // why we reproduce

we inherit intellect from our mothers we inherit will from our fathers. intellect, a female characteristic will, the capacity for emotions, a male characteristic. 天才 The will is 'the true inner being, the kernel, the radical element', the intellect is 'the secondary, the accident of that substance'=f(will) what we need is offspring with powerful will what's inherited from father is "nature, character, heart" intellect is female in origin // inheritance from parents

undersized, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped, and short-legged women ugly i have to admit and plus the plump shaking breasts, ugly they are. //ugly woman

Throughout their lives women remain children, see only what is nearest to them, cling to the present, take the appearance of things for reality, prefer trivialities to the most important affairs. cannot reason very well // weakness of woman

the greater share of humane loving-kindnes more down-to-earth and practical love-oriented talented in disguise maternal love make the helpless child feel safe // strength of woman

men work hard to get property property was passed to the woman women use it up very soon they pull themselves so much on material things // vanity of women

will is impersonal不近人情的 it's from the will of species //一个种类，一个will波段

our true self knows nothing, other than: 1. willing or not-willing 2. contented or not-contented 3. feeling, emotiong, passion // what the will is saying

The older we become, Great age, illness, injury to the brain, madness we lost memory, there's something never to be lost our unalterable character character can be used to explain and predict action what we are determines how we act same circumstances, different ways to act as the heat makes wax soft, but makes clay hard character: make the person distinct from others each action bear the stamp of the person we only know about character from its empirical manifestation just the way we learn about the character of wax or chloric silver We observe actions we get to know someone's, honesty, courage, compassion character: constant and inborn. neither choose nor change what we are. When we have gone on trusting someone to behave in a certain way, and have eventually been disappointed, we never say: "His character has changed", but "I was mistaken about him"' I, the mere function of the brain,is not our real self. Our true self ...remains unimpaired when all the other extinct in death ... The character // you are your character, which distinguish you from others //这个和plato说的人有金银铜soul有点像

our individuality is not only a source of torment, but some kind of illusion every individuality is only a special error, something that it would be better should not be explore the possibilities of escaping from individuality, from the will which lies at our core. // self-denial, no more error, not controlled by the will

with no consideration of goals, needs, or interests only to the way it presents itself in perception. with desires, hopes, fears, with will never attain lasting happiness or peace // suspend all desires

will and desire, come from lack, from deficiency, from suffering when desire is satisfied, we soon experience another deficiency. driven by the will, we are swaying between suffering and satisfaction among the two, suffering lasts longer satisfaction is only a temporary return to neutral before another lack is felt. fulfillment of a lack is not a positive gain the total amount namely the gain from satisfaction minus loss of suffering will be negative. //最著名的satisfaction is return to neutral

in aesthetic world, everything moved by our will disappears, in aesthetic world, happiness and unhappiness vanish it's an experience of peace, a special kind of pleasure and enjoyment abolish all possibility of suffering stay in the state of pure objectivity of perception the usual kind of happiness (and unhappiness) depends on willing the aesthetic kind depends on the cessation of willing. distort the world as little as possible display things objectively and eternally //aesthetical pleasure

we are innumerable we incessantly come and go as a whole, it remains unchanged as one and the same principle for reason has no meaning the timeless reality the objectivity of the thing in itself with the least possible degree of distortion //timeless reality, one and many

nature contains not only a multiplicity of individual things and events, but unchanging single kinds to which they belong. There are not only horses, but the species horse, There are not only pools and fountains but the repeatable molecular structure H2O, There are not only many bodies falling to the ground at different times and places, but a ubiquitous gravitational force. //精彩。这种抽象和类比，就是大智慧。

abandon reasoning, no longer consider the where, the when, the why of the objects consider simply and solely the what. ... let our whole consciousness be filled by the calm existence of the natural object as it actually presents whether it be a landscape, a tree, a rock, a crag, a building, or anything else ... make ourselves exist only as pure subject, as clear as a mirror so that it is as though the object existed without anyone to perceive it, thus we are no longer able to separate the perceiver from the perception What is known is no longer the individual thing but the Idea, the person who is involved in this perception is no longer an individual, the individual has lost himself he is pure will-less, painless, timeless subject of knowledge. the thing becomes the idea of its species the thing manifest itself as a universal idea i lose consciousness of myself as an individual we apprehend the world objectively we no longer know that we belong to the world If i retain awareness of myself, If i separate myself from the object contemplated, i cannot know it objectively //冥想

he believe that the production of art requires something called genius genius, not mere talent genius: 2/3 intellect + 1/3 will normal person: 2/3 will + 1/3 intellect capable of detaching themselves from the will have the power to function autonomously genius: most objective remain in a state of pure perception lose themselves in perception remove themselves from the service of the will get rid of the knowledge at the service of the will no interest, no willing, no aims discard entirely your personality remain pure remain clear eye of the world impersonal abandon the will inside of you let the intellect soar free of it the true genius is good at imagining, not conceptual thinking what's useful in life may be unproductive in art genius is unnatural it is rare for majority, the intellect is subordinate to the will genius are always viewed as oddities, like madness they do not comply with their time and place unlike talent, who produce what's wanted genius is prone to impracticality //genius

when having an aesthetic experience, there occurs 1. a cessation of willing 2. an objective insight in aesthetic expereience, we use very little cognition this invite the will-free contemplation it is a release from the pressure of living it is also an intense form of knowledge art: more intensity, more detail ability to retain, to reproduce better than actual reflect reality all the better //art

will objectify itself it may objectify itself in a higher grade or it may objectify itself in a lower grade when the will objectify itself into the natural force, the grade of objectification is low. when the will objectify itself into our ideas, the grade of objectification is high. Among ideas, architecture is low in objectification because it deals with behavior of solid matter: gravity, cohesion, rigidity, and hardness besides, it is of practical use. it is not pure art to some extent //objectification