Arthur Schopenhauer, from The To Quotes

A collection of quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer, from The To.

Arthur Schopenhauer was a renowned German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical views on human existence. Born in 1788, he rejected the prevailing idealism of his time and is best known for his work, "The World as Will and Representation." Schopenhauer believed that the fundamental nature of reality is blind and irrational, governed by a powerful force he called the "will." His philosophical ideas heavily influenced thinkers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, and Albert Einstein, and he is considered one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century.

If at times I have thought myself unfortunate, it is because

If at times I have thought myself unfortunate, it is because of a confusion, an error. I have mistaken myself for someone else... Who am I really? I am the author of The World as Will and Representation, I am the one who has given an answer to the mystery of Being that will occupy the thinkers of future centuries. That is what I am, and who can dispute it in the years of life that still remain for me?Said to Eduard Grisenbach, nearing his deathhttp://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/arthursc.htm

Arthur Schopenhauer, from The To

Identity