{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 33/06_arthur_schopenhauer/p009","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"As a personality whose character traits were already sharply defined, who had already formed firm opinions on many things on the basis of substantial experiences and a rich knowledge of the world, Schopenhauer entered the study of philosophy. At the beginning of his time at university, he once said to Wieland: \"Life is a miserable thing; I have resolved to do mine by thinking about it.\" Life made him a philosopher. It also determined the philosophical tasks he devoted himself to solving. In this he differs from his predecessors: Kant, Fichte and Schelling, as well as from his antipode Hegel. These were philosophers for whom their tasks arose from the consideration of other people's views. Kant's thinking was given a decisive impetus by delving into Hume's writings, Fichte's and Schelling's work was given direction by Kant's critiques, Hegel's thoughts also developed from those of his predecessors. The ideas of these thinkers are therefore links in a continuous series of developments. Even if each of the philosophers mentioned sought in the foreign systems of thought that inspired him those germs whose further development corresponded precisely to his individuality, it is still possible to trace the series of developments described purely logically, without taking into account the personal bearers of the ideas. It is as if one thought had brought forth another without any human being having been active in the process. For Schopenhauer, on the other hand, a large number of individual doubts and puzzles arose from his experiences, from the direct observation of human conditions and natural events, to which his travels gave him the opportunity, before he knew what others thought about the life of the spirit and the workings of nature. The questions posed to him by his experiences had a thoroughly individual and often coincidental character. This is why he occupies an isolated position in German philosophy. He took the elements for solving his tasks from everywhere: from contemporaries and from philosophers of the past. The question as to why these elements have become elements of a body of thought can only be answered by examining Schopenhauer's individual personality. Fichte's, Schelling's, Hegel's philosophical systems arouse the feeling that they had to follow Kant's because they were logically demanded by it; of Schopenhauer's, on the other hand, it is quite easy to imagine that we would have missed it entirely in the history of philosophy if the creator's life had taken a different turn by some accident before his productive period. The peculiar charm of Schopenhauer's world of ideas is due to this character. Because it has its sources in individual life, it corresponds to the philosophical needs of many people who, without seeking special expertise, nevertheless want to hear an opinion on the most important questions of life.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"6. 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Im Beginne seiner Universitätszeit äußerte er einmal zu Wieland: «Das Leben ist eine mißliche Sache; ich habe mir vorgenommen, das meinige damit hinzubringen, über dasselbe nachzudenken.» Das Leben hat ihn zum Philosophen gemacht. Es hat auch die philosophischen Aufgaben bestimmt, deren Lösung er sich widmete. Hierin unterscheidet er sich von seinen Vorgängern: Kant, Fichte und Schelling, wie auch von seinem Antipoden Hegel. Das sind Philosophen, denen ihre Aufgaben aus der Betrachtung fremder Anschauungen erwuchsen. Kants Denken bekam den entscheidenden Stoß durch Vertiefung in Humes Schriften, Fichtes und Schellings Wirken erhielt durch Kants Kritiken die Richtung, Hegels Gedanken entwickelten sich gleichfalls aus denen seiner Vorgänger. Daher sind die Ideen dieser Denker Glieder einer fortlaufenden Entwickelungsreihe. Wenn auch jeder der genannten Philosophen in den ihn anregenden fremden Gedankensystemen jene Keime suchte, deren Weiterentwickelung gerade seiner Individualität gemäß war, so ist doch die Möglichkeit vorhanden, die bezeichnete Entwickelungsreihe rein logisch nachzuzeichnen, ohne auf die persönlichen Träger der Ideen Rücksicht zu nehmen. Es ist, als ob ein Gedanke den andern hervorgebracht hätte, ohne daß ein Mensch dabei tätig gewesen wäre. Schopenhauer dagegen erwuchsen aus seinen Erfahrungen, aus der unmittelbaren Anschauung menschlicher Verhältnisse und natürlicher Ereignisse, zu der seine Reisen Gelegenheit gaben, eine große Zahl einzelner Zweifel und Rätsel, bevor er wußte, was andre über das Leben des Geistes und das Wirken der Natur gedacht haben. Die Fragen, die ihm durch seine Erlebnisse gestellt wurden, hatten ein durchaus individuelles und oft von Zufälligkeiten abhängiges Gepräge. Deswegen nimmt er auch in der deutschen Philosophie eine isolierte Stellung ein. Er nimmt die Elemente zur Lösung seiner Aufgaben überall her: von Zeitgenossen und von Philosophen der Vergangenheit. Die Frage, warum diese Elemente Glieder eines Gedankengebäudes geworden sind, läßt sich nur durch Betrachtung von Schopenhauers individueller Persönlichkeit beantworten. Fichtes, Schellings, Hegels philosophische Systeme erwecken das Gefühl, daß sie auf das Kantische folgen mußten, weil sie logisch durch dieses gefordert wurden; von dem Schopenhauerschen dagegen kann man sich ganz gut denken, daß es uns in der Geschichte der Philosophie ganz fehlte, wenn das Leben des Schöpfers vor seiner produktiven Zeit durch irgendeinen Zufall eine andre Wendung genommen hätte. Durch diesen Charakter der Schopenhauerschen Ideenwelt ist deren eigentümlicher Reiz bedingt. Weil sie ihre Quellen im individuellen Leben hat, entspricht sie den philosophischen Bedürfnissen vieler Menschen, die, ohne ein besonderes Fachwissen zu suchen, doch über die wichtigsten Lebensfragen eine Ansicht vernehmen wollen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":424,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/33/06_arthur_schopenhauer/p009"}],"english":["GA 33/06_arthur_schopenhauer/p009"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":424,"en_words":461,"ratio":1.09,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.08,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":10419,"original_word_count":9688,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":null,"publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Articles/GA033/English/SOL2024/06_Arthur_Schopenhauer.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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