Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1

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Only by the aid of language does reason bring about its most important achievements, namely the harmonious and consisten — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
Death is the true inspiring genius, or the muse of philosophy, wherefore Socrates has defined the latter as θανάτου μελέ — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
It is easy to understand that in the dreary middle ages the Aristotelian logic would be very acceptable to the controver — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
All striving comes from lack, from a dissatisfaction with one's condition, and is thus suffering as long as it is not sa — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
optimism, where it is not just the thoughtless talk of someone with only words in his flat head, strikes me as not only — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth. — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
What keeps all living things busy and in motion is the striving to exist. But when existence is secured, they do not kno — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
For whence did Dante get the material for his hell, if not from this actual world of ours? And indeed he made a downrigh — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasiz — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledg — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
Every fulfilled wish we wrest from the world is really like alms that keep the beggar alive today so that he can starve — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
[Materialism] seeks the primary and most simple state of matter, and then tries to develop all the others from it; ascen — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
Spinoza says that if a stone which has been projected through the air, had consciousness, it would believe that it was m — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
Boredom is certainly not an evil to be taken lightly: it will ultimately etch lines of true despair onto a face. It make — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1