A dialogue, psychological observations, on education, of women, on noise, and a few parables, by the world renowned philosopher arthur schopenhauer. Studies in pessimism arthur schopenhauer 1788 1860, translated by t. There is an unconscious propriety in the way in which, in all european languages, the word person is. Studies in pessimism by arthur schopenhauer, paperback. Among his many writings are on the fourfold root of the principle of sufficient reason 1847 and the world as will and idea 1819, considered his masterpiece. There seems to me no better explanation of our existence than that it is the result of some. Studies in pessimism ebook by arthur schopenhauer official.
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