Schopenhauer explains lj

[nancylebov]

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

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[anniemal.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, we all gotta breathe and eat. In the dark time of year, once we've sharpened our tools and put the beasts in the byre, we get to occupy our huge crania with 'go' and "Scabble", scribing, Sptirogragh, planning next year's crop, sorting seeds, cooking, and other such delights. January is why so many babies get born in September. February chips in, too.

We are just a lot of monkeys with hypertrophic cerebral cortices. We lose sight of that, and get smug. And we're so bloody smug about it that we act ovine most of the time. Yeesh. Friggin' pathetic. No wonder I'm a pseudohermit. Humanity in general fails to live up to its potential Big Time. You are a person who can come over and have some pesto. I figured out how to use the $15 yard sale cuisinart.