The Wisdom of LifeCosimo, Inc., 1.6.2007 - 108 sivua In this essay from Schopenhauer final work, "Parerga und Paralipomena" (1851), the philosopher favors individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation over the tendency to act on irrational impulses. He examines the ways in which life can be arranged to derive the highest degree of pleasure and success. |
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Accordingly actions advantage amongst appear Aristotle Arthur Schopenhauer blessings blow boredom character cheerful Cicero circumstances civic honour classes comes consciousness consequently degree Descartes Desglands Diogenes Laertius duel dull endowed envy Epicurus esprit de corps everything existence external fact favour female honour folly fool give Goethe greater hand head highest human nature important influence insult intel intellect intelligence interest judgment kind of fame kind of honour knightly honour live look man's matter means mental powers mind miserable moral morganatic marriage nation never objective one's pain people's opinion philistine philosophy pleasure poor possession pride principle of knightly punishment qualities rank reason remark respect rich rience rudeness Schopenhauer sense Sirach society Socrates special branches superfluity superstition Themistocles thing thought Translator's trivial true truth vanity Voltaire wealth whilst whole word worth
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Sivu 13 - Inward satisfaction or dissatisfaction resulting from the sum total of his sensations, desires and thoughts; whilst his surroundings, on the other hand, exert only a mediate or indirect influence upon him. This is why the same external events or circumstances affect no two people alike; even with perfectly similar surroundings every one lives in a world of his own. For a man has immediate apprehension only of his own ideas, feelings and volitions; the outer world can influence him only in so far...