On Happiness In Schupenhauer’s Philosophy Of Will

As an ancient philosophical question,what is happiness? Has been questioned by numerous philosophers.Since ancient Greece,people have regarded happiness as the ultimate goal of this life to pursue,but since ancient times,people still do not have a clear definition of happiness.Schopenhauer,as the initiator of western voluntarism philosophy,most researchers at domestic and abroad thinks that his will philosophy is too negative and pessimistic,full of fatalism and nihilism.But in recent years,the question of happiness in Schopenhauer’s philosophy has been paid attention.The exploration of happiness has become a hot spot in the study of Schopenhauer’s philosophy.Schopenhauer’s philosophy took irrational will as the core,while at that time it was rationalism that dominated the European ideological world,and people were dominated by faith and reason in thought.But he takes the irrational will as the noumenon,and sends out the shout of "Life is Pain" to the people who are immersed in the materialism happiness view.Although Schopenhauer’s standpoint has a tendency of pessimism,his ultimate aim is to seek the root of pain,to seek ways to obtain happiness,and to reveal that pain is only preparation for seeking happiness.Schopenhauer established his philosophy of will by criticizing and inheriting the thoughts of Plato,Kant and Indian religious philosophy,and the thought of happiness in his philosophy was based on the philosophy of will.As the appearance of the objectification of the will,the will is infinite in the person.But the desire is infinite,the life is limited,not all desires can be satisfied,so in general,life is in the pain that the desire can not be satisfied;even if the desire is satisfied,then people will only feel happy in the moment of the desire to be satisfied,and soon will fall into boredom and boredom,that is,new pain Here we go.Life is painful,this is Schopenhauer’s understanding and exposure of the nature of life,but this does not mean that life has no happiness to speak of.Therefore,in his later philosophical thought,there appeared an obvious turning point in the emotional tone,that is,from the affirmation of the will to the negation of the will,from the pain of life to the pursuit of life happiness.Schopenhauer no longer focused his attention on the understanding of pain,but on the pursuit of happiness,what is happiness and the nature of happiness and how to obtain happiness became the theme of his later philosophy,because of his previous study of will and appearance and the relationship between will and appearance has preparedfor the study of life happiness.In the end,Schopenhauer thinks that happiness is the result of both internal and external factors.The pursuit of happiness should avoid excessive material pursuit.At the same time,the study of happiness in Schopenhauer’s philosophy can guide people to spend their life without suffering in a highly developed society.