“Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Why It's Lindy
The most accessible entry point into Schopenhauer's philosophy. His pessimism has proven oddly durable — perhaps because it is more honest than optimism.
About This Volume
Drawn from Parerga and Paralipomena, this collection of essays and maxims is Schopenhauer at his most readable — on suffering, boredom, solitude, the will, the consolations of art, and the wisdom of silence. It is what made him famous in his lifetime, and what Nietzsche, Tolstoy, and Borges all read in their formative years.
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Why should I read Essays and Aphorisms?
The most accessible entry point into Schopenhauer's philosophy. His pessimism has proven oddly durable — perhaps because it is more honest than optimism.
What is Essays and Aphorisms about?
Drawn from Parerga and Paralipomena, this collection of essays and maxims is Schopenhauer at his most readable — on suffering, boredom, solitude, the will, the consolations of art, and the wisdom of silence. It is what made him famous in his lifetime, and what Nietzsche, Tolstoy, and Borges all read in their formative years.
