2007-12-16 21:09:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There are many "griefs" that completely outside of our sphere of influence - like a giant hurricane or getting fired because of a restructuring of your company. But those are impersonal forces. The griefs that are our own fault - something said in a weak moment that causes you to lose a friend ... etc. are often much worse mentally because we know that they are entirely the result of our failure ... there is nobody to blame.
2007-12-16 21:23:50 · answer #1 · answered by Alex J 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Griefs caused by ourselves are the greatest because we have to blame only ourselves for them.... in other words, repentance is the greatest grief we can experience. The hurt from blaming our own self for the grief caused to us is really unbearable... in my own case, I can't but burst out crying whenever I recognize my own folly as the sole cause for my grief and can't blame anyone else or anything else for it.
2007-12-16 21:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by small 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The griefs which we cause ourselves are brought about by our own choices and therefore are more difficult to endure.Provoking others to do something which is wrong as in the play 'Macbeth"can lead to remorse for the grief caused.Failure in academics is also a selfinfilcted grief brought about by choices.
In sheakspear's literary play 'Macbeth', Lady macbeth illustrates how the choices made can bring about great grief and eventual remorse. She persuaded her husband to commit the murder of the king inorder to take the place as king.After the crime had been committed she felt so much grief that it lead to her suicide.
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2007-12-16 21:46:26 · answer #3 · answered by d_r_siva 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It means that the greatest pains we go through are the ones we cause to ourselves or to the others unlike the ones that happen by accident or the ones that happened because they had to.
2007-12-17 07:25:04 · answer #4 · answered by Dark Silence 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess in a way it is true because the ones that hurt us the most are the ones we love and are closest to. We are the ones who choose to love them, trust them so when they hurt us it is us that suffer great grief through that love.
That's how i see that saying any how, hope this helps :D
2007-12-16 21:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by Bfree 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As Albert Einstein has said "as long as there are men , there will be wars"
if humans didnt exist , then "we woudnt encounter problems" since we dont exist, an ape cannot cause itself a problem and we get fed up with it because "the ape threw the apple in the bin and didnt eat it" unless it was meant to do so.......
it is lever 4 philosofy, quite difficult in my oppinion
2007-12-16 21:25:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that means that when you grief it is really because you want to because, if not, you would avoid it and not suffer
2007-12-16 23:11:27 · answer #7 · answered by Maria L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means everyone is responsible for their own life. Take the consequences when something goes wrong.
2007-12-16 21:14:20 · answer #8 · answered by Janie B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it points out that oftentimes people's problems are ones that are based off things that they could have ignored. Or avoided. Or fixed before they got out of hand.
2007-12-16 21:16:28 · answer #9 · answered by Laura 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simply, it means we cause our own biggest problems
2007-12-16 21:17:25 · answer #10 · answered by theradicalwomen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋