The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims

Nineteenth-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) championed individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation above the irrational impulses that animated most of society. In The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims, two essays from his last work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), he discusses how to order our lives to obtain the greatest amount of pleasure and success; then he offers guidelines for living life to its fullest. But for Schopenhauer a life well lived should always reach beyond itself to a higher plane.

Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 11/01/1995
Series: Great Books in Philosophy
Pages: 234
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.40w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9781573920339