he was hopeful. his philosophy is grounded on the horror that there is no god, and no heaven. instead there is a void in the horizon. but still, he thinks the responsibility to make this life worth living rests on our shoulders. and implicit in that is that we can make this life worth living. we have the capacity. and that, i think, is what makes him hopeful.
pessimism and hope are two sides of the same coin. to be a pessimist is to still have an idea of hope but not entirely trust it. to me, even when one is a pessimist, still one has the weakest, smallest glimmer that a good thing will happen. "pessimist" is a relative term.
You have lots to learn from nietzche, including not allowing others to drag you down. Realize your facticity (your past and present situation) and project it out to the future... you have control in your life and only very minute factors hold you.
Also, hope is not based on anything; nothing is quite the weak foundation, n'est pas? It's irrational, so you might as well stop wasting so much energy hoping and start using that to make it happen MAKE IT HAPPEN, you pessimistic, old hag!
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pessimism and hope seems like an unlikely pair
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pessimism and hope are two sides of the same coin. to be a pessimist is to still have an idea of hope but not entirely trust it. to me, even when one is a pessimist, still one has the weakest, smallest glimmer that a good thing will happen. "pessimist" is a relative term.
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Also, hope is not based on anything; nothing is quite the weak foundation, n'est pas?
It's irrational, so you might as well stop wasting so much energy hoping and start using that to make it happen
MAKE IT HAPPEN, you pessimistic, old hag!
-The Ho
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