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雲水
@foodofthegods3
I can't help but feel that this is just a bitter loner's sour grapes–take. Schopenhauer probably just saw how much fun people had with each other and was sad he was incapable of the same. Definitely reflects in his philosophy too lol.
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“Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer
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@e_gibil
You may be right regarding Schopenhauer's character. On the other hand, when a philosopher has tasted flight he walks the earth with his eyes turned skywards and hence, naturally, he does not seek the company of those who look downward to earth anymore.
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雲水
@foodofthegods3
Absolutely agree with that. It's just the wording in the particular quote that made me feel such a way; the kind of smug, autistic self-importance one can sense in people who isolate from people not because it's their own choice (though they'd like to think so).
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@e_gibil
Well, I did not know Schopenhauer personally but it is clear to me that, for whatever reasons, he did not esteem the greater part of society, and that his solitude was rather chosen. I leave here a few more quotes from him that may help us understand his psyche a little more:
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