Author
Arthur Schopenhauer
12 key ideas across 2 books, each explained in our own words.
The Wisdom of Life
- IDEA 1
What you are matters most
Happiness depends first on what you are, your health, temperament and mind, then on what you have, and least on what others think of you.
- IDEA 2
Health first
Good health is the foundation of happiness. Never sacrifice it for wealth or status.
- IDEA 3
Cultivate inner wealth
A rich inner life needs less from outside and suffers less from boredom.
Essays and Aphorisms
- IDEA 1
The will drives everything
A blind, endless striving underlies all life. We want, we get, we want again.
- IDEA 2
Between desire and boredom
Life swings between the pain of unmet desire and the boredom of satisfied desire.
- IDEA 3
Art offers relief
In beauty and music we briefly step outside our wanting and simply see.
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