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April 8, 2007
the life of knowledge
Suppose that man could not exercise his will, but had to suffer all the misery of this world, then what could make him happy?
How can man be happy at all, since he cannot ward off the misery of this world?
Through the life of knowledge.
The good conscience is the happiness that the life of knowledge preserves.
The life of knowledge is the life that is happy in spite of the misery of the world.
The only life that is happy is the life that can renounce the amenities of the world.
To it the amenities of the world are so many graces of fate.
Wittgenstein - Notebooks
Posted by amin at April 8, 2007 11:04 PM