Schopenhauer Says, "That Man Is a Compound of Needs and Necessities

question 52

True/False

Schopenhauer says, "that man is a compound of needs and necessities hard to satisfy; and that even when they are satisfied, all he obtains is a state of painlessness, where nothing remains to him but abandonment to boredom. This is direct proof that existence has no real value in itself; for what is boredom but the feeling of the emptiness of life?"

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Definitions:

Circadian Behaviors

Activities or patterns in organisms that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, often in sync with the environmental day-night cycle.

Activity Levels

The degree of behavioral or physical exertion displayed by an organism, which can influence its survival and reproductive success.

Predictable Environmental Cue

A predictable environmental cue is a consistent signal from the environment that organisms can use to time certain behaviors or life history events.

Circadian

Relating to biological processes that occur in a natural, cyclic pattern of approximately 24 hours.