 Then all at once the peace which we were always seeking, but which always fled from us on the former path of the desires, comes to us of its own accord, and it is well with us. It is the painless state which Epicurus prized as the highest good and as...  The World as Will and Idea - Page 254by Arthur Schopenhauer - 1883 - 532 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 482 pages
...desires, comes to us of its own accord ; and it is well with us. It is the painless state which Epicurus prized as the highest good and as the state of the...servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands still. Tragedy is to be regarded, and is recognized, as the summit of poetical art, both on account of the... | |
 | William Caldwell - Philosophy, Modern - 1896 - 560 pages
...desires, comes to us of its own accord, and it is well with us. It is the painless state which Epicurus prized as the highest good and as the state of the...we are for the moment set free from the miserable strivings of the will; we keep the Sabbath of the penal servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands... | |
 | William Caldwell - Philosophy, Modern - 1896 - 568 pages
...desires, comes to us of its own accord, and it is well with us. It is the painless state which Epicurus prized as the highest good and as the state of the...we are for the moment set free from the miserable strivings of the will ; we keep the Sabbath of the penal servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands... | |
 | William Caldwell - 1896 - 610 pages
...good and as the state of the gods ; for we are for the moment set free from the miserable strivings of the will ; we keep the Sabbath of the penal servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands still." If Schopenhauer had reinterpreted his whole theory of art in terms of music or of poetry, and not considered... | |
 | René Wellek - Literary Criticism - 1981 - 472 pages
...emotion when he describes this blessed release through art. "It is the painless state which Epicurus prized as the highest good and as the state of the...servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands still." 2 Beauty thus is, as in Kant, completely disinterested contemplation. Everything that appeals to our... | |
 | David Simpson - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 468 pages
...comes to us of its own accord, and all is well with us. It is the painless state, prized by Epicurus as the highest good and as the state of the gods; for that moment we are delivered from the miserable pressure of the will. We celebrate the Sabbath of the... | |
 | Charles Taylor - Philosophy - 1992 - 628 pages
...comes to us of its own accord, and all is well with us. It is the painless state, prized by Epicurus as the highest good and as the state of the Gods; for that moment we are delivered from the miserable pressure of the will. We celebrate the Sabbath of the... | |
 | Will Durant - Biography & Autobiography - 1965 - 736 pages
...desires, comes to us of its own accord, and it is well with us. It is the painless state which Epicurus prized as the highest good and as the state of the...penal servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands still.109 2. GENIUS Genius is the highest form of this will-less knowledge. The lowest forms of life... | |
 | Julian Young - Art - 1992 - 196 pages
...for a brief moment we are " delivered from the vile [schnode] pressure of the will " and " celebrate the sabbath of the penal servitude of willing; the wheel of Ixion stands still" (WR 1, p. 196). Schopenhauer regards this state as pregnant with significance since it is a brief (and... | |
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