Arthur Schopenhauer ( SHOH-pən-how-ər, German: [ˈaɐtʊɐ ˈʃoːpm̩haʊɐ] (listen); 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind noumenal will. Building...
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.