“Death is the true inspiring genius, or the muse of philosophy, wherefore Socrates has defined the latter as θανάτου μελέτη. Indeed without death men would scarcely philosophise.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
“Ζήτησα τόσο λίγα απ' τη ζωή, αλλά ακόμα κι αυτά τα λίγα η ζωή μού τα αρνήθηκε. Ένα υπόλειμμα από ένα κομμάτι ήλιου, λίγη ύπαιθρο, λίγη ησυχία κι ένα κομμάτι ψωμί, να μη με βαραίνει πολύ η γνώση ότι υπάρχω, να μην έχω καμιά απαίτηση από τους άλλους ούτε κι αυτοί από μένα. Ακόμα κι αυτό μου το αρνήθηκαν, όπως αυτός που αρνείται να δώσει ελεημοσύνη όχι γιατί του λείπει η καλοσύνη, αλλά γιατί βαριέται να ξεκουμπώσει το παλτό του.”
― Το βιβλίο της ανησυχίας, τόμος Α΄
― Το βιβλίο της ανησυχίας, τόμος Α΄
“Life is never beautiful, but only the pictures of life are so in the transfiguring mirror of art or poetry; especially in youth, when we do not yet know it. Many a youth would receive great peace of mind if one could assist him to this knowledge.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
“My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs.”
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“It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists”
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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