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Studies in Pessimism

Name: Studies in Pessimism
ISBN: 1602063494

CONTENTSOn the Sufferings of the WorldOn the Vanity of ExistenceOn SuicideImmortality: A DialoguePsychological ObservationsOn EducationOf WomenOn NoiseA Few Parables

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Arthur Schopenhauer (3)

“If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence, or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in col…”

— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com

Tagged: Reason, Existence

“In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com

Tagged: Youth, Life, Contemplating

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.com

Tagged: Perception, Vision, View