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“Sometimes the loss from taking a wrong action is less than the loss from taking no action.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“A man cannot serve two masters: so it is either reason or the scriptures.
- On Religion”
― The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
- On Religion”
― The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
“Demopheles: Every man's faith is sacred to him, therefore it should be sacred to you too.
Philalethes: I deny your conclusion! I can't see why, because other people are simple-minded, I should respect a pack of lies.”
― The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
Philalethes: I deny your conclusion! I can't see why, because other people are simple-minded, I should respect a pack of lies.”
― The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
“Lack of the power to discriminate is no less evident in the sciences, namely in the tenacious life of false and refuted theories. Once come into general credit, they continue to defy truth for centuries.
- On Various Subjects”
― The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
- On Various Subjects”
― The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
“Accordingly, the loss of the beloved one through a rival, or through death, is the greatest pain of all to those passionately in love; just because it is of a transcendental nature, since it affects him not merely as an individual, but also assails him in his essentia aeterna, in the life of the species, in whose special will and service he was here called. This is why jealousy is so tormenting and bitter, and the giving up of the loved one the greatest of all sacrifices.”
― Essays of Schopenhauer
― Essays of Schopenhauer
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