Being and sense: the paradox of suffering

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378633699

Keywords:

Finitude, Suffering, Will, Compassion, Selfishness

Abstract

Taking as an opportunity and philosophical basis of the work of Arthur Schopenhauer, the article presents a reflection on the paradoxical nature of suffering in human existence. Despite its undeniable positivity - only suffering is actually real, well being is always impermanent cessation of suffering - it is absurd, and is implanted in the ontological root of human finitude.

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Author Biography

Oswaldo Giacoia Junior, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP

Professor Titular do Departamento de Filosofia da UNICAMP.

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Published

2016-12-01

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Giacoia Junior, O. (2016). Being and sense: the paradox of suffering. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 7(2), 04–26. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378633699

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2016): Estudos sobre Schopenhauer – Ed. 14

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