Sex - “Metaphysics of Love”
Schopenhauer observes, “Every kind of love, however ethereal it may seem to be, springs entirely from the instinct of sex; indeed, it is absolutely this instinct, only in a more definite, specialised, and perhaps, strictly speaking, more individualised form.” Longing for sex activates amorous moods; accordingly, love and coitus are integrally related.
Monsters - “Suicide”
As Schopenhauer explains, “When in some horrid and frightful dream we reach the highest pitch of terror, it awakens us, scattering all the monsters of the night. The same thing happens in the dream of life, when the greatest degree of terror compels us to break it off.” The monsters are illustrative of dreads which stimulate individuals to employ suicide. Monsters are injurious to a person’s serene existence; the monsters’ actuality is dismissed once an individual has expired.
