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Arthur Schopenhauer, born on February 22, 1788, in Danzig (now Gda?sk, Poland), was a profound German philosopher known for his pessimistic worldview and influential ideas on human desire and suffering. His seminal work, "The World as Will and Representation," posits that the driving force behind human existence is an irrational will, leading to endless striving and inevitable suffering. Despite facing initial neglect, Schopenhauer's insights have profoundly impacted existentialist thought and modern psychology, securing his legacy as a pivotal thinker in Western philosophy.
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"They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection."
Arthur Schopenhauer"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free."
Arthur Schopenhauer"Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness."
Arthur Schopenhauer"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."
Arthur Schopenhauer"Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point."
Arthur Schopenhauer"As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself."
Arthur Schopenhauer"The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors."
Arthur Schopenhauer"Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see."
Arthur Schopenhauer"Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head."
Arthur Schopenhauer"Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies."
Arthur Schopenhauer"The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed."
Arthur Schopenhauer