Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.
Talent trifft ein Ziel, das niemand sonst treffen kann; Genie trifft ein Ziel, das niemand sonst sehen kann.
Philosophers
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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