Arthur Schopenhauer,E.F.J. Payne, The World as Will and Representation - Volume 1 Reviews

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The most important work in the world of philosophy by the most honest and perceptive philosopher that ever lived, by unifying Plato, Kant and Buddhism Arthur Schopenhauer scored a direct hit in the search for the truth. I cannot overemphasize the greatness of Schopenhauer in the field of Metaphysics. All of his works are pure philosophical gold, and a thorough understanding of ALL his writings is probably the most important undertaking that anyone could ever engage in. The effect of all this is to put one into a state of absolute shock, but when you search for truth and wisdom, hey, nobody said it had to be pleasant at the end! I shall never get over the truths of Schopenhauer and am eternally in his debt. I have several converts to my credit and spend much time spreading vthe word about this tremendous thinker who has enlightened me. Nietzsche is a dwarf beside him, although a very great dwarf.

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Schopenhauer's opening sentences are stunning; he writes 'The world is my representation: this is a truth valid with reference to every living and knowing being, although man alone can bring it into reflective, abstract consciousness. If he really does so, philosophical discernment has dawned upon him. It then becomes clear and certain to him that he does not know a sun and an earth, but only an eye that sees a sun, a hand that feels an earth; that the world around him is there only as represent ...