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Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
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Essays and Aphorisms

by Arthur Schopenhauer

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An excellent selection of some of Schopenhauer’s most important writings. The introduction by R.J. Hollingdale is a perfect gem all by itself. ( )
  zenosbooks | Feb 26, 2009 |
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"Not the least of the torments which plague our existence is the constant pressure of time, which never lets us so much as draw breath but pursues us all like a taskmaster with a whip. It ceases to persecute only him it has delivered over to boredom."
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If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world: for it is absurd to suppose that the endless affliction of which the world is everywhere full, and which arises out of the need and distress pertaining essentially to life, should be purposeless and purely accidental.
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