Counsels and Maxims, Arthur Schopenhauer
Counsels and Maxims, Arthur Schopenhauer
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Counsels and Maxims

Author: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrator: Larry G. Jones

Unabridged: 5 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/15/2019


Synopsis

Counsels and Maxims is a classic work by noted German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. His work has influenced some of the modern world's greatest thinkers, including Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Erwin Schrödinger. This piece was originally translated by Thomas Bailey Saunders.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nick

I picked this up (free from Project Gutenberg) because it was mentioned as a reference related to Stoicism by William Irvine, the author of "A Guide to the Good Life." It certainly is that, but as much as I like some of the classical Stoic authors, I couldn't get behind Schopenhauer. It's funny becau......more

Goodreads review by Anuraag

Wax, a substance naturally hard and brittle, can be made soft by the application of a little warmth, so that it will take any shape you please. In the same way, by being polite and friendly, you can make people pliable and obliging, even though they are apt to be crabbed and malevolent. Hence polite......more

Лепше ми је село од Марка Аурелија Медитације, фул препорука. “Завист људи показује колико се осећају несрећни; а њихова непрекидна пажња коју обраћају на туђ рад показује колико им је дуго време”.......more

Goodreads review by Jovana

Iskreno, neumesno mi je da komentarišem knjigu koja je pisana za muškarce! Malo da se našalim pa da se zapitam mogu li je shvatiti i jesam li dostojna ovih misli? Sudeći po Šopenhaueru - donekle, ipak kaže on tu negde da dete od oca nasleđuje srčanost a od majke pamet, a sudeći po momku koji mi je po......more

Goodreads review by Marko

treba stalno imati pred očima dejstvo vremena i promenljivost stvar,te pri svemu što se sad događa, odmah zamisliti njegovu suprotnost.treba sebi živo predočiti u sreći nesreću,u prijateljstvu neprijateljstvo,u ljubavi mržnju,u poverljivosti izdajstvo. pametan je onaj koga ne vara prividna stabilnos......more