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The Schopenhauer CureHe took his own life when I was thirteen. My mother died a few years ago, but I had been estranged from her for twenty years. I did not attend her funeral.á» á«Brothers? Sisters?á» asked Tony. Philip shook his head. á«An only child.á» á«You know what comes to my mind?á» Tony interjected. á«When I was a kid, I wouldn`t eat most things my mother cooked. I`d always say ï²ï‚á˜I don`t like it,` and she`d always come back with ï²ï‚á˜How do you know you don`t like it if you`ve never tasted it?` Your take on life reminds me of that.á» á«Many things,Á€« Philip replied, á«can be known by virtue of pure reason. All of geometry, for example. Or one may have some partial exposure to a painful experience and extrapolate the whole from that. And one may look about, read, observe others.á» á«But your main dude, Schopenhauer,Á€« said Tony, á«didn`t you say he made a big deal about listening to your own body, of relying onÁ€”what did you say?Á€”your instant experience?á» á«Immediate experience.á» á«Right,immediate experience. So wouldn`t you say you`re making a major decision on secondÁ€“rate, secondhand infoÁ€”I mean info that`s not your own immediate experience?á» á«Your point is well taken, Tony, but I had my fill of direct experience after that ï²ï‚á˜confession day` session.á» á«Again you go back to that session, Philip ...» |
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