Welcome to the first proper post in my mini-series "Schopenhauer and the planets". #schopenhauerssolarsystem
Like I said, I will be discussing some thoughts from Schopenhaur's book "The Wisdom of Life" from 1851.
Read the teaser here: https://ecency.com/hive-130636/@davidteichmann95/teaser-for-schopenhauer-and-the
So, our old friend Arthur equated every stage of life to the planets of the solar system and to the roman/greek gods after which they had been named. (Maybe a bit like Shakespeare compared the different life stages to seven acts in a drama in the famous "All the World's a Stage" monologe in As You Like It, II, VII.)
The first planet (as in the one closest to the sun) is of course Mercury. So this is where Schopenhauer starts:
| german (original) | english (own translation) |
|---|---|
| Im zehnten Lebensjahre regiert Merkur. Wie dieser bewegt der Mensch sich schnell und leicht, im engsten Kreise: er ist durch Kleinigkeiten umzustimmen; aber er lernt viel und leicht, unter der Herrschaft des Gottes der Schlauheit und Beredsamkeit. (Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit, p. 261) | The tenth year of our life is governed by Mercury. Like him, one moves fast and easily, in a narrow circle: he is qick to change his mind; but he learns a lot and easily, under the governed by the god of wit and eloquence. |
So a ten year old child is fast and moves around alot. (At least this is how it usually is. Sadly a lot of children didn't get much exercise during lockdown and childhood obesity is at an all time high. And a lot of kids don't move alot anyway, because they spend so much time with videogames etc. I'm not knocking on videogames, most of my best childhood memories have to do with the Wii, PC, Nintendo DS and so on. But I think it would have been very sad - and unnatural - had my childhood only been about videogames. Kids in my opinion need to learn to run around more again!)
Mercury, taken by the MESSENGER probe in 2008
source: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/439/mercurys-subtle-colors/?category=planets_merc(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)ury
The comparision to Mercury is valid. Mercury has the shortest year: it orbits the sun in only 88 earth days! This is partly because of it's small orbit (the "narrow circle" Schopenhauer mentions, like a child only has a narrow circle to operate in, compared to the huge worlds we adults live in) but because it is so close to the sun, Mercury also has a large orbital speed: 47.36 km/s or 170496 km/h. This is the highest orbital speed among the planets in our system (earth's orbital velocityis is 29.8 km/s) So you can definatly say the planet is fast like a little child is fast! (Because Mercury doesn't spend it's time in front of a computer game.)
Mercurius, by the duth sculptor Artus Quellinus the Elder, 17th century
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As for Mercury the god (identified with the greek god Hermes), he is the god of lot of things. Among others, the god of eloquence, trickery and trade (which involves both eloquence and trickery as well as knowledge about math, the product itself, the market and a lot more). Children learn very fast (although some faster than others) and they can also be quite talkativ and also very tricky. So this analogy also makes perfect sense!
Also, according to legend, Mercurius/Hermes was allready very active when he was himself a child: shortly after his birth, he invented fire to better explore the cave he was in and also invented humming, which was then taken over by the birds in the forrest. These qualities of inventiveness and are also typical for children. Maybe Schopenhauer didn't know about this story, but it certainly goes nicely with the rest of what he said.
I will end the post here, although there is a lot more I could mention. I'll see you next time when we see what Arthur has to say about Venus and man in his twenties!
Thank for this fascinating treaty on Mercury! I look forward to your post on Venus! I grew up playing around out in the country as a kid, and I loved it! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
Thank you @tydynrain :) I can't say when the next post is coming, but I thing I will find time in the next few days!
Certainly! No worries, and sounds great! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
hi @tydynrain The second part is online at last: @davidteichmann95/schopenhauer-and-the-planets-venus-8d8e677d92759 Have fun:) I'm curious what you have to say about it :)
Marvelous! Thank you for the tag! I'll go take a peek now! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
Children are super active and they are eager to learn and tend to learn fast.
Thanks for the comment @jmis101 ! :)
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You are right here.many children learn faster than others. In all they are very fast in learning new things
Thanks for the comment @ijelady Us grown-ups can of course also learn a lot... but kids with their developing brains have it easier :)
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I'm old now and I swear I know more things that I learned as a little kid
Also no video games at home barely any TV shows for us when we were children so outside it is constantly moving that's for sure.
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Thanks :) Like I said in the post, some of my best memories have to do with video games (and TV) but I'm kind of jealous of the generation that only played outside and was always moving... But I think I was born in the sweet spot were I was part of the generation that still played outside a lot but also part of the generation that had videogames etc.
I have to forgive me I do not my head spins when I read and I forget half of what I read anyway that's my problem and I think it's great and I can't play the arcade games when it's been like 20s in stores and stuff but but I wasn't a different world you have a wonderful week ahead
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If you don't mind me asking @adysscheryl , how old are you? In the paragraf which this series is based on, Schopenhauer goes up to Neptune (80 years old). I would be interested in seeing your comments on further posts in this series, since my experience only reaches up to Venus (20s) :) That's not a lot
Am in my 60's. Maybe I just don't remember . Other reason.
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Interesting story, indeed children are very active and always want to learn new things, I do believe that video games and social networks have slowed them down a bit.
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Hermes is also a thief (or at least god of the thieves) and was very upset about prometheus stealing the fire for us poor humans :D
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And children like to steal things and play mischieve a bit ^^ Good point, I could also have mentioned that, but I think the post is long enough already :)
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