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 Schopenhauer's quotes
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) reached his philosophic views at an early age. His main work, "The World as Will and Idea", appeared in 1818.
He was very influenced with Indian mysticism.
Here are some of his quotes;
"The world is my Will"
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"Compassion is the basis of morality"
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To Live
" To live alone is the fate of all great souls."
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Change
"Change alone is eternal, perpetual, inmortal."
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ribbleton
19-May-07, 08:07
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David Hume`s challenge
If the Universe is conceived as a kind of giant infant subject only to the demands of blind chance and change the absolute would not have been as it is.
For it to be as it is there would have to be some ordering principle somewhere.
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Schopenhauer quotes
Journalists are like dogs, when ever they move they bark.
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ribbleton
25-May-07, 07:35
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Obscure Schopenhauer
The journalist is like the cunning village dog who knows if he starts barking for no reason all the other dogs of the village will start barking without stopping to ask why.
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ribbleton
28-May-07, 08:26
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Pessimism in `The world as will and idea`
We and the universe share only one essence, the will to exist. Reason takes a back seat for Schopenhauer, each sentient being wills only those conditions that further his blind desire to exist. Schopenhauer sees a nasty brutish war between all sentient beings mindlessly striving for individual survival. The Universe thus conceived is a pretty miserable place and the compassion that Schopenhauer sees as the basis for helping others is only grounded in an understanding that life is mutual suffering. Far from the Upanishads and Buddhism in my view.
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Long life
Even he was the most pessimistic of all Philosophers, he had a long life; almost 80 yrs when he died.His dog called Atma (indian name) was his companion; and he played the flute>
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ribbleton
01-Jul-07, 10:09
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Arthur Schopenhauer
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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A word
"A word too much always defeats its purpose"
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the flute
rilke.sorry but I have to ask.Who played the flute? the dog?
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Let me see
I believe it was the Philosopher...LOL
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Human life
Human life must be some form of mistake.
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Music
"Music is the melody, whose text is the world."
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Time
Not the happiest of chaps Arthur but insightful:
"Not the least of the torments which plague our existence is the constant pressure of time, which never lets us so much as draw breath but pursues us all like a taskmaster with a whip. It ceases to persecute only him it has delivered over to boredom."
and
"Fundamentally it is only our own basic thoughts that possess truth and life, for only these do we truly understand through and through. The thoughts of another that we have read are crumbs from another's table, the cast off clothes of an unfamiliar guest."
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Pride
"Pride is the direct appreciation of oneself."
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eyero5
12-Sep-09, 09:20
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What is Love
LOVE IS A TRICK OF NATURE TO PRESERVE THE SPECIES.
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Genius
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."
(Then again, no one else can verify it's really there.)
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"The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust."
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Music
Music: "Could exist even if there were no world at all, that could not be said in the other Arts."
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"Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills"
Anyone else subscribe to this?
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staunton2000
13-Apr-11, 03:15
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Women
"One need only look at a woman’s shape to discover that she is not intended for either too much mental or too much physical work. She pays the debt of life not by what she does but by what she suffers—by the pains of child-bearing, care for the child, and by subjection to man, to whom she should be a patient and cheerful companion. The greatest sorrows and joys or great exhibition of strength are not assigned to her; her life should flow more quietly, more gently, and less obtrusively than man’s, without her being essentially happier or unhappier."
On Women, Arthur Schopenhauer
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I think Susan Polgar and a great many other lady chess players would have something to say about that :-/
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