As previously indicated, Schopenhauer argued that aesthetic experience is a means by which the Will within each individual is quieted. However, Schopenhauer also contended that the complete silencing of the Will within the individual is highly unlikely. The Will is always at work in its strivings and is relentless in its efforts.
Schopenhauer argued that all of life is suffering and he further argued that this suffering has its source in "desire" of the Will. Aesthetic experience, particularly music, however, can provide relief from this desire according to Schopenhauer. The individual must come to a recognition that this Will motivates all phenomena, recognizes that nothing is achieved through this struggle and competition which has its derivation in the Will, and consequently the individual arrives at a point of resignation.
Finally, as a result of this recognition, Schopenhauer proposed that the individual is motivated to be compassionate since all fellow human beings are part of the same ongoing crisis.
