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"He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him."

Who said this about whom?
a. Jonathan Swift about Alexander Pope
b. George Sand about Alfred De Musset
c. Oscar Wilde about George Bernard Shaw
d. Arthur Schopenhauer about Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Arthur Schopenhauer

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February 22, 1788

died

September 21, 1860

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male

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Free City of Danzig (today Gdańsk), Poland

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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 | 949 ratings | 88 reviews | 200 distinct works | 20 fans

	The World as Will and Representation, 1 of 2 by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.03 — 235 ratings — published 1808 2 editions	my rating:
	Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer, R.J.Hollingdale (Translator, Introduction) avg rating 4.18 — 217 ratings — published 1970 17 editions	my rating:
	On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 3.98 — 48 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims (Great Books in Philosophy) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.40 — 40 ratings — published 1995 3 editions	my rating:
	The World as Will and Representation, 2 of 2 by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.15 — 34 ratings — published 1966	my rating:
	The World as Will and Idea: Abridged in One Volume by Arthur Schopenhauer, David Berman avg rating 3.82 — 33 ratings	my rating:
	Studies In Pessimism: The Essays Of Arthur Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 3.88 — 32 ratings — published 1903 6 editions	my rating:
	The Art of Always Being Right by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 3.88 — 25 ratings — published 2004 3 editions	my rating:
	Essay on the Freedom of the Will (Philosophical Classics) (Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences Winner) by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 4.23 — 22 ratings — published 1978 7 editions	my rating:
	The Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer avg rating 3.82 — 22 ratings — published 1890 10 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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"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

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

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