Quotes on schopenhauer-as-educator

[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature.

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One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.

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