Arthur Schopenhauer: The Wisdom of Life (2007, Cosimo Classics)
Paperback, 108 pages
English language
Published June 1, 2007 by Cosimo Classics.
Nineteenth-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) championed individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation above the irrational impulses that animated most of society. In The Wisdom of Life, taken from his last work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), he discusses how to order our lives to obtain the greatest amount of pleasure and success; then he offers guidelines for living life to its fullest. But for Schopenhauer a life well lived should always reach beyond itself to a higher plane.
Occasionally hysterical misanthrope and misogynist. Obviously sometimes clever, or nobody would read him. Easy to quote...here's one: "And what a mixed company inhabits the Temple of Universal Fame!--generals, ministers, charlatans, jugglers, dancers, singers, millionaires and Jews!" and also
"The Germans have no national pride, which shows how honest they are, as everybody knows!"
