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Schopenhauer’s Essays and Aphorisms compile selections from his 1851 work Parerga and Paralipomena, covering religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, and more. Compellingly, he argues that human action is driven by an irrational will rather than reason, portraying existence as a struggle beyond moral categories. His insights on individuality, art, and morality have profoundly shaped later thinkers such as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Wagner.
First publish date: 1970
Genre: Philosophy/Metaphysics
Authors: Arthur Schopenhauer
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