I received very special Christmas Greetings from my friend Klaus-Jürgen Grün. He and his team at PhilKoll live in the realm of philosophy.
😉 I am now downloading it to the global and eternal internet. As we all know, said internet will never forget. After all, I wish to share nice texts and preserve them for posterity.
In his award-winning article: “On the Basis of Morals“, Arthur Schopenhauer tells us his definition of the festival of love:
“Well, taste is certainly an individual thing;
But for me personally, there is no better prayer than the closing lines of dramas in ancient India (and also those of English plays performed in front of the king).
They were: May all living creatures remain free from pain.”
Somewhere else, he reminds us that the so-called religion of love
clearly is deficient in a huge and important aspect, in that it limits all its regulations and leaves the entire world of animals without rights.
It is different in moments of happiness
for the Brahmin or Buddhist. Instead of roaring a „Te Deum“, he goes to market and buys birds. Later, after having walked out of the city gates, he frees them.
No further comment!
RMD
(Translated by EG)
P.S.
Arthur Schopenhauer (* February, 22nd, 1788 at Danzig; † September, 21st, 1860 at Frankfurt/Main) was a German philosopher, author and university teacher. On October, 18th, 1813, he earned his doctorial title from the University of Jena for his work: “Ueber die vierfache Wurzel des Satzes vom zureichenden Grunde” – About the four-fold root of ample-reason-axiom.
Well, that is almost 200 years ago now!
P.S.1
I took both the picture and the signature from the central media archive Wikimedia Commons.
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