tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post720873135325622860..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Schopenhauer and MysticismAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18430309235619087382010-02-02T15:28:29.386-08:002010-02-02T15:28:29.386-08:00Thanks again, Rehan. Schopenhauer is one of my fa...Thanks again, Rehan. Schopenhauer is one of my favourite philosophers, edging slightly ahead of Nietzsche. I have the Dover Paperbacks edition of his magnum opus, translated as <i>The World as Will and Representation</i>.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-62896784928923709012010-02-02T08:47:41.133-08:002010-02-02T08:47:41.133-08:00Me likes Schopenhauer when he says
The poet comp...<b>Me likes Schopenhauer when he says</b><br /><br />The poet comprehends the idea, man's inner nature apart from all time ... and therefore, however paradoxical it may sound, far more actual inner truth is to be imputed to poetry than to history... Anyone who wants to know Man in his inner nature, identical in all its phenomena and developments, to know him according to the idea, will find that the works of the great, immortal poets present a far truer, clearer picture than the historians can ever give.<br /><br />(Arthur Schopenhauer. <i>The World as Will & Idea</i>. Translated by Jill Berman. Everyman, 1995).<br /><br /><b>Though I do believe there are historians (and other writers of that kidney in general) who are enlightened with that inner truth and true discernment and are receptive to historical truths. Peter Ackroyd makes an interesting observation on historical truth in <i>ALBION - The origins of the English Imagination</i> when he writes about the slight difference between history and story.</b>Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.com