Counsels and Maxims

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

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

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

Short and highly enjoyable book. Schopenhauer's philosophy I call "philosophy of the hammer". He's funny, he's brutal, he's showing things the way they are... in this miserable world. Plenty of us would like to "disappear", but it's easier to say it than to do it. Schopenhauer is giving us counsels......more