Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860)was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer responded to and expanded upon Immanuel Kant's philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world. His critique of Kant, his creative solutions to the problems of human experience, and his explication of the limits of human knowledge are among his most important achievements. His metaphysical theory is the foundation of his... full article at wikipedia

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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.

How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.

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