Quiet

Quietiv (Latin quies = calm) is an artificial word coined by Arthur Schopenhauer (probably based on medicines) and means, for example, sedative .

In The World as Will and Idea (§ 68), Schopenhauer contrasts the quietive with the motive :

“So when he who is still caught up in the principio individuationis , in egoism, only recognizes individual things and their relationship to his person, and these then become constantly renewed motifs of his will; on the other hand, the described knowledge of the whole, of the essence of things in themselves, becomes the quiet of everything and every will. The will now turns away from life: it now shudders at its enjoyments, in which it recognizes its affirmation. Man reaches a state of voluntary renunciation, resignation, true serenity and complete lack of will. "

Knowledge of the principium individuationis accordingly has the consequence that one takes part in the suffering of the world, denies one's will to live and lapses into resignation, but also into true serenity. One also becomes aware of “one's inner conflict and its essential nullity”.

Furthermore, the quietive has to be fought over and over again:

“However, we must not think that once the will to live has been negated by the knowledge that has become quiet, it no longer wavers, and one can rest on it, as on an acquired property. Rather, it has to be won over and over again through constant struggle. "

In a religious sense, the quietive is also important:

"Only when suffering takes the form of mere knowledge and then this, as the quiet of the will, brings about true resignation, is it the path to salvation and thus dignified."

literature

Rudolf Eisler : Quiet . In: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms . 1904.
Fritz Mauthner : Quiet . In: Dictionary of Philosophy , Volume 2, 2nd increased edition. 1923. pp. 586-587.

Individual evidence

↑ The world as will and idea . First volume, fourth book zeno.org (works in ten volumes. Volume 2, Zurich 1977);
↑ The world as will and idea . Ludger Lütkehaus (Ed.): Works in five volumes. Volume 1. Zurich 2006
↑ The world as will and imagination , Zurich, 2006, pp. 469 and 488 f.
↑ The world as will and imagination , Zurich, 2006, pp. 490 and 511
^ The world as will and imagination , Zurich, 2006, pp. 483 and 503
↑ The world as will and imagination , Zurich, 2006, pp. 489 and 510

[1] The world as will and idea . First volume, fourth book zeno.org (works in ten volumes. Volume 2, Zurich 1977);

[2] The world as will and idea . Ludger Lütkehaus (Ed.): Works in five volumes. Volume 1. Zurich 2006

[3] The world as will and imagination , Zurich, 2006, pp. 469 and 488 f.

[4] The world as will and imagination , Zurich, 2006, pp. 490 and 511

[5] The world as will and imagination , Zurich, 2006, pp. 483 and 503

[6] The world as will and imagination , Zurich, 2006, pp. 489 and 510