Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860 / 2008-06-17 00:00:00
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THE ESSAYS
OF
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
TRANSLATED BY
T. BAILEY SAUNDERS, M.A.
THE WISDOM OF LIFE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
I. DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT
II. PERSONALITY, OR WHAT A MAN IS
III. PROPERTY, OR WHAT A MAN HAS
IV. POSITION, OR A MAN'S PLACE IN THE ESTIMATION OF OTHERS--
Sect. 1. Reputation
" 2. Pride
" 3. Rank
" 4. Honor
" 5. Fame
INTRODUCTION.
In these pages I shall speak of _The Wisdom of Life_ in the common
meaning of the term, as the art, namely, of ordering our lives so as
to obtain the greatest possible amount of pleasure and success; an art
the theory of which may be called _Eudaemonology_, for it teaches us
how to lead a happy existence. Such an existence might perhaps be
defined as one which, looked at from a purely objective point of
view, or, rather, after cool and mature reflection--for the question
necessarily involves subjective considerations,--would be decidedly
preferable to non-existence; implying that we should cling to it for
its own sake, and not merely from the fear of death; and further, that
we should never like it to come to an end.
Now whether human life corresponds, or could possibly correspond,
to this conception of existence, is a question to which, as is
well-known, my philosophical system returns a negative answer.
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