The wisdom of life

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Nineteenth-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) championed individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation above the irrational impulses that animated most of society. In *The Wisdom of Life*, taken from his last work, *Parerga und Paralipomena* (1851), he discusses how to order our lives to obtain the greatest amount of pleasure and success; then he offers guidelines for living life to its fullest. But for Schopenhauer a life well lived should always reach beyond itself to a higher plane.

subjects: Conduct of life,  Maxims,  Early works to 1900,  History,  Philosophy,  Early works to 1800,  Philosophy, european,  Morale pratique,  Philosophie,  Histoire