Life, on the Schopenhauerian view, is a constant state of striving or willing-a state of dissatisfaction. Attaining that for which one strives brings a transient satisfaction, which
soon yields to some new desire. Were striving to end, the result would be boredom, another kind of dissatisfaction.36 Striving is thus an unavoidable part of life. We cease striving only when we cease living.
