“The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.”
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Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his atheistic pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, *On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason*, which examined the fundamental question of whether reason alone can unlock answers about the world. Schopenhauer's most influential work, *The World as Will and Representation*, emphasized the role of man's basic motivation, which Schopenhauer called will. His analysis of will led him to the conclusion that emotional, physical, and sexual desires can never be fulfilled. Consequently, he favored a lifestyle of negating human desires, similar to the teachings of ancient Greek Stoic philosophers, Buddhism, and Vedanta.
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“The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.”
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“It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.”
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“If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.”
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