Oct 25, 2019
When German philosophers play Monopoly....
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
- Arthur Schoepnhauer, who wasn’t invited to play.
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When German philosophers play Monopoly....
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
- Arthur Schoepnhauer, who wasn’t invited to play.
La Veritat ens farà lliures. Encara que primer ens abofetegi l'Ego. #Truth #Veritat #Verdad #Vérité #Ego #ClearMind #EsoPsycagogia #MentClara #Consciencia #Consciousness #Schoepenhauer (at Ars Amandi)
Herodotus relates that Xerxes wept at the sight of his army, which stretched further than the eye could reach, in the thought that of all these, after a hundred years, not one would be alive. And in looking over a huge catalogue of new books, one might weep at thinking that, when ten years have passed, not one of them will be heard of....You can never read bad literature too little, nor good literature too much. Bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. Because people always read what is new instead of the best of all ages, writers remain in the narrow circle of the ideas which happen to prevail in their time; and so the period sinks deeper and deeper into its own mire.
Essay originally published in The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, A Dialogue, 1851.
Anonymity is the refuge for all literary and journalistic rascality. It is a practice which must be completely stopped. Every article, even in a newspaper, should be accompanied by the name of its author; and the editor should be made strictly responsible for the accuracy of the signature. The freedom of the press should be thus far restricted; so that when a man publicly proclaims through the far-sounding trumpet of the newspaper, he should be answerable for it, at any rate with his honour, if he has any; and if he has none, let his name neutralise the effect of his words. And since even the most insignificant person is known in his own circle, the result of such a measure would be to put an end to two-thirds of the newspaper lies, and to restrain the audacity of many a poisonous tongue.
Arthur Schoepenhauer