Schopenhauer on ceremonies, festivals, gatherings, and similar occasions as the outward display of joy—or, as he puts it, “hieroglyphics of joy”—where true joy is to be found elsewhere, and only by chance. This outward display, and its hieroglyphic character, is present throughout such events, which attempt to convey only the empty shell of the emotion or theme associated with a particular occasion.
@space_homer I forgot what book it’s from but it made me laugh when he said dark skin and hair was designed for manual labour as they absorb sweat better
Schopenhauer on ceremonies, festivals, gatherings, and similar occasions as the outward display of joy—or, as he puts it, “hieroglyphics of joy”—where true joy is to be found elsewhere, and only by chance. This outward display, and its hieroglyphic character, is present throughout such events, which attempt to convey only the empty shell of the emotion or theme associated with a particular occasion.
‘The great majority of people are constituted in such a way that according to their entire nature they can be serious about nothing besides eating, drinking and reproducing. They will immediately use what the rare and more exalted natures have brought into the world, be it religion, science or art, as tools for their base purposes, mostly by making it into their mask.’