Goethe And the Conduct of Life
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23 convince themselves with regard to the eternal, necessary, law-governed order of things and seek to acquire ideas which are indestructible and which are only confirmed by contemplation of that which is transient. ' Renunciation is here not an abandonment of pleasure, nor any form of self-castigation, but a purely intellectual act. It is the acquirement and maintenance of a certain habit of mind and its use is to counteract the influences that make for pessimism. ( One of the gravest of ethic...al needs is a source of courage, or, what is much the same, an antidote for indifference, despair and cynicism. The anti- dote which Goethe prescribes is compound. The second part of it consists in fixing the mind as much as possible - upon'great ideas which are not liable to decay and death.
'^This subject naturally requires further consideration by it- self. The first part of the antidote consists in renunciation- once-for all or resignation. We can spike the guns of the croaking army from the Preacher down by simply admit- ting in advance all they can say as to the vanity of the world's life, that is to say, of the purely selfish pursuit of property, distinction or pleasure.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
23 convince themselves with regard to the eternal, necessary, law-governed order of things and seek to acquire ideas which are indestructible and which are only confirmed by contemplation of that which is transient. ' Renunciation is here not an abandonment of pleasure, nor any form of self-castigation, but a purely intellectual act. It is the acquirement and maintenance of a certain habit of mind and its use is to counteract the influences that make for pessimism. ( One of the gravest of ethic...al needs is a source of courage, or, what is much the same, an antidote for indifference, despair and cynicism. The anti- dote which Goethe prescribes is compound. The second part of it consists in fixing the mind as much as possible - upon'great ideas which are not liable to decay and death.
'^This subject naturally requires further consideration by it- self. The first part of the antidote consists in renunciation- once-for all or resignation. We can spike the guns of the croaking army from the Preacher down by simply admit- ting in advance all they can say as to the vanity of the world's life, that is to say, of the purely selfish pursuit of property, distinction or pleasure.
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