The Wisdom of Life

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The Wisdom of Life Arthur Schopenhauer - A profound advocate for willpower and rational deliberation, Arthur Schopenhauer believed that complete happiness and satisfaction are unobtainable. This essay from his final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), examines how to discover the highest possible degree of pleasure and success, and suggests guidelines for experiencing life to its fullest.

About the author

Arthur Schopenhauer was born in the city of Danzig (then part of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth; present day Gdask, Poland) and was a German philosopher best known for his work The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer attempted to make his career as an academic by correcting and expanding Immanuel Kant's philosophy concerning the way in which we experience the world.He was the son of author Johanna Schopenhauer and the older brother of Adele Schopenhauer.

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