Arthur Schopenhauer

"The happiness we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings" -Clemens Alex. Strom. II., 21. Schopenhauer is one of the few philosophers who can be generally understood without a commentary. Clear, vigorous, and drawn from life itself, his writing stands apart for its rare accessibility and sharp insight. In The Wisdom of Life, he explores the art of living well-what he calls eud monology-offering practical reflections on how to make life as bearable, even as happy, as possible. Departing from his usual metaphysical stance, Schopenhauer speaks here as a worldly observer, aware of life's illusions but still concerned with the question of how best to live. Although this volume can be read independently, it is drawn from Parerga and Paralipomena, a later work intended to complement The World as Will and Representation. Like a citadel with many gates, Schopenhauer's system allows entry from many points-and here, in vivid and worldly reflections, he reveals himself as a philosopher who has truly experienced life.

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 - 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind and insatiable noumenal will. Building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism. He was among the first thinkers in Western philosophy to share and affirm significant tenets of Indian philosophy, such as asceticism, denial of the self, and the notion of the world-as-appearance. His work has been described as an exemplary manifestation of philosophical pessimism.

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 - 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind and insatiable noumenal will. Building on the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant, Schopenhauer developed an atheistic metaphysical and ethical system that rejected the contemporaneous ideas of German idealism. He was among the first thinkers in Western philosophy to share and affirm significant tenets of Indian philosophy, such as asceticism, denial of the self, and the notion of the world-as-appearance. His work has been described as an exemplary manifestation of philosophical pessimism.

Als Schopenhauer seine Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit schrieb, herrschte im 19. Jahrhundert bereits ein hektischer Fortschrittsglaube. Doch statt sich dem Zeitgeist anzupassen, statt endloser Jagd nach Erfolg, pl diert er f r innere Freiheit: "Denn was einer f r sich selbst ist, was ihn in die Einsamkeit begleitet und was keiner ihm geben, oder nehmen kann, ist offenbar f r ihn wesentlicher, als alles, was er besitzen, oder auch, was er in den Augen anderer sein mag." (Zitat S. 10 in diesem Buch.) Besonders einpr gsam ist sein Rat, sich weniger um fremde Meinungen zu k mmern. In einer Welt voller L rm und Oberfl chlichkeit wirken seine Worte wie eine erfrischende Provokation - und klingen heute, im Zeitalter von Social Media und Burnout-Kultur, geradezu prophetisch. Erstmals erschienen in "Parerga und Paralipomena - kleine philosophische Schriften" 1851. Hier frisch aufgelegt als Taschenbuch-Neuausgabe in gut lesbarer Schriftgr e. Arthur Schopenhauer. Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit. Mit einer Einf hrung von Alfred Alexander Fiedler. Erstdruck in: Parerga und Paralipomena, kleine philosophische Schriften, erster Band, Verlag A. W. Hayn, Berlin 1851. Durchgesehener Neusatz, der Text dieser Ausgabe folgt: Volksverb. d. B cherfreunde. Wegweiser-Verlag, Hrsg. v. Alfred Alexander Fiedler, Berlin 1923. Vollst ndige Neuausgabe, G ttingen 2025. Die Rechtschreibung wurde beibehalten, offensichtliche Druckfehler wurden korrigiert. LIWI Literatur- und Wissenschaftsverlag

Artur Shopengauer - odin iz samykh izvestnykh filosofov XIX veka, chi idei o zhizni, schaste i chelovecheskoj prirode ostajutsja aktualnymi i po sej den. Ego raboty vdokhnovljajut chitatelej po vsemu miru svoej glubinoj i tochnostju. Kniga "Aforizmy zhitejskoj mudrosti" - eto svoeobraznyj putevoditel po iskusstvu zhit "ot Shopengauera", v kotorom avtor raskryvaet kljuchevye aspekty chelovecheskogo suschestvovanija: * slozhnost i protivorechivost bytija; * illjuzornost schastja; * smysl zhizni; * nesovershenstvo mira. Filosofskij pessimizm avtora sochetaetsja s chetkimi i realistichnymi sovetami, kotorye zastavljajut zadumatsja o smysle zhizni i prirode chelovecheskogo suschestvovanija. "Aforizmy zhitejskoj mudrosti" - eto ne prosto kniga, a istochnik vdokhnovenija i rukovodstvo dlja tekh, kto stremitsja k osmyslennoj i garmonichnoj zhizni. Nezamenimyj sputnik dlja vsekh, kto interesuetsja filosofiej, psikhologiej i samorazvitiem. Rekomenduetsja k prochteniju kazhdomu, kto khochet glubzhe ponjat sebja i okruzhajuschij mir.