Schopenhauer says, "that man is a compound of needs and necessities hard to satisfy; and that even when they are satisfied, all he obtains is a state of painlessness, where nothing remains to him but abandonment to boredom. This is direct proof that existence has no real value in itself; for what is boredom but the feeling of the ..."
A) eternal life force?
B) wholeness of existence?
C) emptiness of life?
D) dread of dying?

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Schopenhauer argues that even when our needs and necessities are satisfied, we are left with boredom, which is "the feeling of the emptiness of life." This suggests that existence itself has no inherent value.

Schopenhauer Says, "That Man Is a Compound of Needs and Necessities