February 26shoufenhaur1. The lives of human begins are much more miserable than that of animals for many reasons. One,we as humans don’t live in the present, we are constantly thinking in the past and in the future. Two, we have feeling of hope and fear that subtract from pleasure and amplify pain. 2. 3. When viewing our world in these two ways we are able to relate more to our fellow man in that we all share the same faults and are all fellow sufferers. Notes- Shoufenhaur o Incredibly pessimistic, we are lambs under the watchful eye of the butchero Misfortune is the general rule of lifeo Kids don’t and shouldn’t understand this misery- Hopeo He thinks that hope is a bad thing You hope for the best, so even when you get the best the pleasure is subtracted  When you hope for the impossible, reality doesn’t exist and you just end up more hurt than is necessary.  Everything isn’t what we think it up to be- When we were 5 we thought being an adult was more than it is- Boredom o One of the main downfalls of humanityo You get bored with your life when everything is going righto Living through multiple generations makes you bored, you’ve already seen everything- Asceticismo Self-deprivationo Views Christianity as a great form of asceticism- Penal colony o This is what he views the world aso If you look at the world this way it won’t surprise you things go wrongo You view all others as equal to yourselfo Your dreams can’t be crushed if you don’t have the dreams in the first placeo If you lower your expectations to nothing, you can never be disappointed. - Good negative; privation of bado State which you are NOT actively suffering- Badpositiveo - Childreno Shouldn’t know the pain that is to comeo He believes that any sane, rational person would NEVER HAVE A CHILD Why would you bring an innocent life into this world of pain, suffering and misery- Religiono Why would an all knowing all powerful figure make such a shitty world?o If man is made in god’s image why are we so shitty? Is that really the best he can do?o Favors new testament over new testament  Old testamentlaw New Testamentlaw failed, do for thy neighbor etc… Like the story from the old testament that says we are paying for our sinsTest*structured the