In response to Touching the Old
Comment author: Vishal_Lama 20 July 2008 07:17:50PM 0 points [-]

Sometimes it's such a strange thought that the people in the history books really lived and experienced and died - that there's so much more depth to history than anything I've seen with my own eyes; so much more life than anything I've lived.

A few days ago, I watched a program on Discovery Channel (I think) that was about the ancient Egyptian Civilization, its rise and fall over a period of several thousand years. And I experienced exactly the same thing! It is so remarkable and astonishing to "see" and know about people who were not only "different" from us but actually thrived on this planet a long time ago. And, it is amazing to imagine that five thousand years hence, people on Earth will actually look back at our time and be amazed by how we lived! That feeling/emotion is a profound one, to say the least!

In response to Will As Thou Wilt
Comment author: Vishal_Lama 07 July 2008 11:44:12PM 1 point [-]

Could we also have the context in which Schopenhauer said that?