Suffering Archives – Erraticus

Painting by Edvard Munch with a young ill woman seated, looking out a window during spring, accompanied by a woman providing her comfort.

("Spring" by Edvard Munch, 1889)

Should We Take Comfort in the Knowledge Others Have it Worse?

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 21 min read Sam Woolfe Buddhism, Consolation, Schopenhauer, Stoicism, Suffering

While the phrase “It could be worse” can provide us comfort, it may lead to less effective and less ethical forms of consolation.

Spiritual Love Originates Shared Suffering Pity Erraticus Derek Parsons Sick Child Edvard Munch

("The Sick Child" by Edvard Munch, 1925)

Love Originates in Shared Suffering and Pity

January 4, 2021April 28, 2021 8 min read Derek Parsons Love, Relationships, Suffering, Tragedy

The early twentieth-century Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno clarifies the places and events from which love emerges.