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Counsels and Maxims

A work by Arthur Schopenhauer

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  • What korrents draws from it

    The safest way not to be very miserable is not to expect to be very happy, The present is the only time that is fully real, and existence lies in it alone, People should sometimes look at their possessions as they would appear if they had lost them

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    Arthur Schopenhauer

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Key facts

Claims on korrents
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What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. The safest way not to be very miserable is not to expect to be very happy (opens korrents.com)1

  2. The present is the only time that is fully real, and existence lies in it alone (opens korrents.com)1

  3. People should sometimes look at their possessions as they would appear if they had lost them (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Written by

  • Arthur Schopenhauer

Sources

  1. Counsels and Maxims (Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, tr. T. Bailey Saunders) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)

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