Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860) 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.

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avg rating: 4.07 | 463 ratings | 137 distinct works

	The World As Will and Representation: In Two Volumes, Vol. 1 (Paperback) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.14 — 126 ratings — published 0 26 editions	my rating:
	Essays and Aphorisms (The Penguin Classics) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.17 — 124 ratings — published 1973	my rating:
	On the Suffering of the World (Great Ideas S.) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.00 — 27 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims (Great Books in Philosophy) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.57 — 14 ratings — published 1995	my rating:
	Studies In Pessimism: The Essays Of Arthur Schopenhauer (Paperback) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.23 — 13 ratings — published 2004 6 editions	my rating:
	The Art of Always Being Right (Hardcover) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 3.89 — 9 ratings — published 2004 2 editions	my rating:
	Essay on the Freedom of the Will (Philosophical Classics) (Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences Winner) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published 2005 6 editions	my rating:
	Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga (The Incidentals) (Philosophical Classics) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	The Basis of Morality (Philosophical Classics) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 2005 2 editions	my rating:
	Le monde comme volonté et comme représentation (Broché) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2004 2 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."
— Arthur Schopenhauer

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"Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure"
— Arthur Schopenhauer

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."
— Arthur Schopenhauer

tags: truth

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