Essays of Schopenhauer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781514251065)

When Schopenhauer was asked where he wished to be buried, he answered, "Anywhere; they will find me;" and the stone that marks his grave at Frankfort bears merely the inscription "Arthur Schopenhauer," without even the date of his birth or death. Schopenhauer, the pessimist, had a sufficiently optimistic conviction that his message to the world would ultimately be listened to-a conviction that never failed him during a lifetime of disappointments, of neglect in quarters where perhaps he would have most cherished appreciation; a conviction that only showed some signs of being justified a few years before his death. Schopenhauer was no opportunist; he was not even conciliatory; he never hesitated to declare his own faith in himself, in his principles, in his philosophy; he did not ask to be listened to as a matter of courtesy but as a right-a right for which he would struggle, for which he fought, and which has in the course of time, it may be admitted, been conceded to him.

Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
ISBN-10: 151425106X
ISBN-13: 9781514251065
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2015
Pages: 108
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.22d