Buttheconstantstrivingwhichconstitutestheinnernatureofeverymanifestationofwillobtainsitsprimaryandmostgeneralfoundationatthehighergradesofobjectification, fromthefactthatherethewillmanifestsitselfasalivingbody, withtheironcommandtonourishit; andwhatgivesstrengthtothiscommandisjustthatthisbodyisnothingbuttheobjectifiedwilltolive [pg403] , asthemostcompleteobjectificationofthatwill, isinlikemeasurealsothemostnecessitousofallbeings: heisthroughandthroughconcretewillingandneeding; , lefttohimself, , whicharerenewedeveryday, occupies, asarule, , , , , thushegoesincivilisedlife; thereisnosecurityforhim.
"Qualibusintenebrisvit?, quantisquepericlis
Degiturhocc' ?vi, quodcunqueest!"
—.15.
Thelifeofthegreatmajorityisonlyaconstantstruggleforthisexistenceitself, , whichyetstandsinthebackgroundasinevitable, , fullofrocksandwhirlpools, whichmanavoidswiththegreatestcareandsolicitude, althoughheknowsthatevenifhesucceedsingettingthroughwithallhiseffortsandskill, heyetbydoingsocomesnearerateverysteptothegreatest, thetotal, inevitable, andirremediableshipwreck, death; nay, evensteersrightuponit: thisisthefinalgoalofthelaboriousvoyage, andworseforhimthanalltherocksfromwhichhehasescaped.
