Fourth Lecture

We can see from what has been developed that we have a possibility of rising above these mere impulses of the will. But then we must follow the other direction, so to speak. The direction of the impulses of the will is this (←), the direction of progress. The direction of the impulses of feeling, however, is from below to above. Human beings can rise above what comes merely from the impulses of the will. And they can do so on the basis of such considerations as were connected with the consideration of the pillars and architrave motifs.