Every day is a little life.

Jeder Tag ist ein kleines Leben.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Born in 1788 in Danzig (now Gdansk), Arthur Schopenhauer constructed in The World as Will and Representation a metaphysics identifying the essence of reality as a blind, purposeless 'will.' Inheriting Kant's critical philosophy while becoming the first major Western philosopher to integrate Buddhist thought systematically, his pessimistic vision of human nature profoundly shaped Nietzsche, Wagner, and Freud.

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Source: 余録と補遺 第5章「勧告と格率」Verified

Arthur Schopenhauer's Other Quotes

Life swings like a pendulum back and forth between pain and boredom.

The world is my representation.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.

We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack.

Compassion is the foundation of morality.

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