Wedesiretoconsiderinthisway, inhumanexistence, , onlymoreweakly, andmayalsoconvincehimselftohisownsatisfaction, fromthesufferinganimalworld, howessentialtoalllifeissuffering.
§57Ateverygradethatisenlightenedbyknowledge, , , and, onaccountoftheirunlimitednature, hehasalwaysamerelyrelative, neverabsolutewhenandwhereofhisexistence; , whoseuncheckedflightintothepastisaconstanttransitionintodeath, , apartfromitspossibleconsequencesforthepresent, andthetestimonyregardingthewillthatisexpressedinit, isnowentirelydonewith, dead, andnolongeranything; and, therefore, itmustbe, asamatterofreason, ; , evenwhenweconsideronlyitsformalside, isaconstanthurryingofthepresentintothedeadpast, ; itisclearthat, asourwalkingisadmittedlymerelyaconstantlypreventedfalling, thelifeofourbodyisonlyaconstantlypreventeddying, anever-postponeddeath: finally, inthesameway, theactivityofourmindisaconstantlydeferredennui.[pg402] , andagain, atlongerintervals, througheverymealweeat, everysleepwetake, everytimewewarmourselves, &, deathmustconquer, forwebecamesubjecttohimthroughbirth, , however, withgreatinterestandmuchsolicitudeaslongaspossible, asweblowoutasoap-bubbleaslongandaslargeaspossible, althoughweknowperfectlywellthatitwillburst.
, , deficiency, , , ontheotherhand, itlacksobjectsofdesire, becauseitisatoncedeprivedofthembyatooeasysatisfaction, aterriblevoidandennuicomesoverit, i.e., ; aftermanhadtransferredallpainandtormentstohell, therethenremainednothingoverforheavenbutennui.
