Life finds only illusory goals and ultimate disappointment when confined to itself

Evidence

Since it can only remain within itself, because of its metaphysical reality, it can find only unbounded illusion and ultimate disappointment in each apparent goal. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 845

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the blasé attitude’s restless cycling through stimuli that never satisfy, which Julius’s flâneur-wandering dramatizes. — connects to: Life can only enter reality through forms that inherently contradict it — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 866; Life’s meaning cannot be found in external achievements alone. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 48; Conceptualization inevitably imposes form on formless life — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 1018 (+10 more)

Related

• Life is simultaneously boundless continuity and boundary-determined ego (similarity 0.82)
• All human activities are equivalent and equally doomed to failure in pursuit of being (similarity 0.82)
• Life both requires and overflows every determinate form (similarity 0.80)
• Life can only enter reality through forms that inherently contradict it (similarity 0.79)
• Life’s present continuously stretches into the future rather than aiming at fixed goals (similarity 0.79)
• A life that fulfilled its vocation directly would miss it (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Life can only enter reality through forms that inherently contradict it #expands (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 866
• Conceptualization inevitably imposes form on formless life #expands (0.60) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 1018
• Life’s meaning cannot be found in external achievements alone. #expands (0.55) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 48
• Despair often arises from logical conclusions about life. #exemplifies (0.50) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 93
• Life’s destructive elements are positive fulfillments within the whole #expands (0.50) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 983
• The constant rush through life leads to anxiety and dissatisfaction. #complicates (0.45) — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 279
• Life as a whole can be perceived as an adventure from a higher standpoint #qualifies (0.40) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 473