What stands in obstruction to the attainment of truth?
a) The perplexity of human cognitive powers.
b) The incapacity of human cognitive functions
c) The infinite difficulty in gaining real knowledge about the world.
D) The pitifulness of all knowledge
Origin of ethical and aesthetic terms and values
The individual points can overlap
a) divine commandments
b) supernatural laws
c) inherited or acquired moral ideas
d) Right and custom in society
e) Style and taste of the time
f) Police regulations
g) fashion journals
degrees of certainty
a) doubt
b) belief
c) knowledge
Three ways of dogmatism
a) Acknowledgment of the truth of all or certain claims
b) Acknowledgment of the falseness of all or certain claims
c) Doubts about the truth of all or certain claims, except one.
Two ways of scepticism
a) Doubts about the truth of all or certain claims
b) Doubts about the falseness of all or certain claims
possible reasons for sceptical moods:
a) the fraud of a friend
b) the death of a loved one
c) constant and recurring failure at work
d) a general feeling of unfulfilled life
e) the failure of art as a comforter in facing the daily horror of being  alife
4 Notes concerning the senses and sensory perception
a) Opinions represent our judgments about the experienced sensory perception.
b) Do not blame the eye for the mind’s mistakes
c) Sensory perception does not provide false, but never true claims
d) Sensory perception has perfect intellectual innocence
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4 Notizen zur Wahrnehmung der Sinne
a) Meinungen stellen unsere Urteile über die erfahrenen Sinneswahrnehmungen dar
b) Dichte nicht dem Auge die Fehler des Geistes an
c) Die Sinneswahrnehmung liefert keine falschen, aber auch niemals wahre Behauptungen
d) Die Sinneswahrnehmung besitzt die vollkommene intellektuelle UnschuldÂ
Zwei unterschiedliche Formen des Zweifels
a) frivoler Zweifel
Er führt zu Leichtsinn und regelloser Entfesselung aller Triebe
b) ernster Zweifel
Er führt zu Schwermut und Willenslähmung
Two different kinds of of doubt
a) frivolous doubt
It leads to recklessness and unleashing of all instincts
b) serious doubt
It leads to melancholy and paralysis of the will
Three questions on the way to the calmness of the heart
a) What can I do?
b) What should I do?
c) What can I hope for?
Questions II
a) How are things really?
b) How do we have to behave towards them?
c) What does this behavior mean for us?
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Questions I (about the world we are living)
a) What is the world?
b) What is the world made of?
c) Where did the world come from?
d) Where is the world going?
Guidelines for coping with the horror of being alife
Signposts on the way to bliss
Richtlinien, um mit dem Horror am Leben zu sein zurecht zu kommen
Wegweiser auf dem Weg zur Glückseligkeit
you should consider:
a) that god hates you
b) that god loves you
c) that god does not care about you
du solltest in Betracht ziehen:
a) dass Gott dich hasst
b) dass Gott dich liebt
c) dass du Gott egal bist
which way leads to bliss?
a) the knowledge of truth
b) renouncing the knowledge of truth
welcher weg führt zu glückseligkeit?
a) die erkenntnis der wahrheit
b) der verzicht auf die erkenntnis der wahrheit
questions you should ask yourself:
a) do people find you strange?
b) do you find yourself strange?
fragen die du dir stellen solltest:
a) finden die Leute dich komisch?
b) findest du dich selbst komisch?
alt to do list ->
lose your job
despise yourself
seek for someone to blame for
close yourself up
develop chronic pain syndromes
develop depression
use opiates to treat yourself
-> see where this gets you
where does the content of the moral goals and duties, that the individual pursues, come from?
a) from the will of god
b) from the pursuit of pleasure
c) from orders of the state, in which one lives
which kind of salvation do you seek?
a) salvation from the restlessness of existence
b) salvation from the struggles of the world
c) salvation from the chasing and hurry of life
things to consider
things to remember
questions to ask yourself
to avoid:
a) inappropriate death
b) inappropriate thoughts
to do:
a) deconsecrate the holy illusions
b) renounce the reality of truth and declare it a phantom
c) find the necessary logical justification for your innermost conviction
which plants is the garden of knowledge able to produce?
a) no plants at all
b) drought in some parts and no plants in others
c) only dry and weak plants
four possible ways to bliss:
a) knowing and seeking
b) not knowing and seeking
c) not knowing and not seeking
d) knowing and not seeking