On Pain

Ernst Juunger

This is an interesting essay wrote by Ernst Junger, pain is inevitable as to my own perspective and we can only master pain rather than to avoid it. Pain is part of our existence, at one point or the other, human being must experience pain in order to shape his or her life.
The passage i chose is;
" Pain's hidden influence also comes to light in the feeling of embitterment. The soul's pain is of an inferior kind, it is among the sickness causing a rejection of sacrifice. Perhaps nothing is therefore more characteristics of the turn of the century than the predominance of psychology as a science.It bears the most intimate relation to pain, as confirmed by its advance into the field of medical science. A sense of deep mistrust also also has its place here: the feeling of being demoralized by malicious ploys, whether in relation to economic, intellectual, moral, or racial matters"
The passage emphasizes on the pain being cause by pain of the soul, the souls of human beings especially women, are so fragile and can hardly withstand pressure due to some emotional problem, this leads to series of pain, which demonizes the soul spiritually. The aftermath of these pain often lead to psychological pain, and this is where Junger says "A sense of deep mistrust also also has its place here: the feeling of being demoralized by malicious ploys, whether in relation to economic, intellectual, moral, or racial matters".

1,  I agree with Ernst Junger's thesis that pain is the central experience in human life . Individual lives engages in series of activities and we tend to stay in contact with pain through experience as we are growing up. " This observation explains why modern sensitivity relates to pain as a power to be avoided at all cost, because here pain confronts the body not as an outpost but as the main force and essential core of life"

2. Post liberal refer to the period of transformation of liberal education into specialized education.The progress refers to the period, where there was an introduction of technologies into the world which helped to transform human being through forms of specialized training.

3. Photography is the "evil eye" according to Junger, because it is a way of expressing our unusual brutality of seeing. " Ultimately, it is a kind of evil eye, a type of magical possession.

4, The "specialize" education and the "worker type" were within the education system and transformation of human life through technology.  The transformation on the part of worker's type was initially felt as a loss and also eliminates sensitivity, while specialization has a form of limited education and more focused.

5. It does protect a man from pain, to some extent, but not total protection where the individual has no other alternative than to remain loyal. Meanwhile, pain is inevitable