Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
— Arthur Schopenhauer Modern

Pessimist philosophy

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From 'Parerga and Paralipomena'

Date / Period

1851

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Strange & Unusual

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parerga_and_Paralipomena

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