“The purpose of art is... to press forward into the whole of the external world and the soul, to see and communicate those objective realities within it which rule and convention have hitherto concealed.” WorldArtSoulWholeRealityPurposeArt IsPressesCommunicateObjectivesConventionsConcealedObjective RealityPurpose Of Art Book:The Nature of Sympathy Source: The Nature of Sympathy
“If the awareness of our limitations begins to limit or to dim our value consciousness as well—as happens, for instance, in old age with regard to the values of youth—then we have already started the movement of devaluation which will end with the defamation of the world and all its values. Only a timely act of resignation can deliver us from this tendency toward self-delusion.” IfsWorldWellsEndsSelfHappensAgeValuesConsciousnessAwarenessMovementYouthLimitsRegardOld AgeTendenciesInstanceLimitationDelusionResignationTimelySelf DelusionDefamation Book:On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings Source: On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings
“Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of others, the processes of thinking are impregnated with ressentiment. The establishment of "criteria" for testing the correctness of opinions then becomes the most important task. Genuine and fruitful criticism judges all opinions with reference to the object itself. Ressentiment criticism, on the contrary, accepts no "object" that has not stood the test of criticism” ThinkingWorldImportantProcessAcceptingOpinionObjectsJudgingTasksDirectCriticismTestsConvictionContraryGenuineContactEstablishmentTestingCriteriaCritiqueCorrectness Book:On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings Source: On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings
