This metaphor may be biased, but it is very vivid. Everyone is exploring life and the meaning of life. Is life meaningful? Zhou definitely replied that life is meaningless, but the process of pursuing the meaning of life is meaningful and happy, and this is the meaning of life.
So many great philosophers have been looking for the meaning of life all their lives, and so have we ordinary people.
Nietzsche has been looking for the meaning of life all his life. He has not found it, but he is happy in the process of looking for the meaning of life. He thinks it is worthwhile.
When Nietzsche was 24 years old, he almost reached what we call the peak of his life. He is already a professor in a university and a professor of classical literature. Everyone envies him and has a bright future. His class is full of applause.
But Nietzsche didn't care about it at all, and he didn't like it. He devoted himself to writing a philosophy book The Birth of Tragedy. After the book was published, schools, teachers and classmates were disgusted, saying that he had done nothing serious and avoided him. There are only two foreign students left in his class. Later, a young scholar stood up and strongly criticized Nietzsche, saying that he was not worthy to be a professor of classical literature at all.
After Nietzsche wrote his favorite book "The Birth of Tragedy", his position in the university took a turn for the worse, making it difficult to survive.
Nietzsche did not intend to be a scholar of classical literature all his life. He is always interested in philosophy, and he wants to explore the meaning of life.
Nietzsche wrote hundreds of poems at the age of 10, all of which were tragedies. Nietzsche's life also ended in tragedy.
When Nietzsche was 34, he couldn't get along in college, and then he began to wander around on that little pension. He is in poor health, so his life is very embarrassing. One day, he saw a coachman whipping his horse. Nietzsche held the horse and cried. Nietzsche's spirit has gone wrong. He thinks this horse is himself. Nietzsche died at the age of 44, but his works were left to the world forever.
Nietzsche worshipped Schopenhauer in his early years. He read a book written by Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation. Nietzsche was particularly excited when he read this book. It speaks Nietzsche's unspeakable voice. The most famous sentence in it is: life is a redundant hope, a complete redundant hope, and it is boring, but it is painful when the redundant hope is not satisfied, so life swings back and forth between boredom and pain like a pendulum.
Schopenhauer's outlook on life is pessimistic, but Schopenhauer's pessimism does not affect his realistic eating, drinking and having fun. what should he do ？ Learning knowledge belongs to learning knowledge, and pursuing the meaning of life belongs to pursuing meaning, so as not to delay your life. Nietzsche is especially sincere. Nietzsche pursued the meaning of life all his life and wanted to give it meaning, but he didn't seem to find the answer. He disdains living like an ordinary person.
The Birth of Tragedy seems to be an aesthetic work, but it is actually a literary work, discussing philosophical issues and the meaning of life.
In the birth of tragedy, Nietzsche endowed two gods, one was Apollo and the other was Dionysus. The meaning of Apollo is a dream, a dream of life. Dreams are beautiful, but they are illusory and can't be caught, so they are very painful. Dionysus is a grass-roots god, and Dionysus represents a person's self, that is, people should eat, drink and be happy, which is a manifestation of a person's self. The ego is constantly struggling and suffering, so this ego is tragic.
Fan Deng told us that the subtext of Apollo spirit is: Even if life is a dream, we should dream with relish and not lose the emotion and fun of the dream. The subtext of Dionysian spirit is: Even if life is a tragedy, we should play this tragedy to the fullest, and don't lose the magnificence and joy of the tragedy. The former teaches people not to give up the happiness of life, while the latter teaches people not to escape the pain of life. Together, the two are the aesthetic attitude towards life advocated by Nietzsche.
Finally, Zhou said that it is enough for people to do what they like and be with the people they like in this life. People must have something they like in this life, and what they like is your career. It's enough to eat on this. The person they like is your lover, so that she can be happy and live a lifetime. Exploring the meaning of life is another matter.