Was he right about everything?>The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.Holy… he basically BTFOs this board and all its pseuds in one fell swoop, I say.
It's a good essay, really goes well when coupled with Lindy's law.
>>25189382>I say.You should say less
Yes.
>>25189382Well I already do that. I read a lot of cultural history and historical anthropology and no one cares about that.
>>25189382Nobody is right about everything, but Schopenhauer was definitely more right than wrong.
he was right about most things. the places he was wrong (about women, history, aesthetics) are the agoge (yes) of friedrich nietzsche
>>25189484>the places he was wrong (about women, history, aesthetics)Elaborate, please.
>>25189484But Nietzsches view of History and Women is identical...His Eternal Return is literally from Schoop but without a system.
>>25189382Trvth nvke
>>25189484When he sat for a bust work he told the talented lady that if a woman manages to stop being sheep/herd animal that follows the pack, and manages to pull herself out of it that she can grow even more as a man.This is the thing, women are good but they fall for social conventions more easily.
>>25189382He was right, but it's also relative, he still read more than most people today.Also back then there was no TV or internet, so if you use those that would be included.
>>25189615This one goes hard ngl
>>25189382Didn't he eventually attract a large following in his old age? It must mean that he also wrote for fools, it just took a while for his works to come into the public limelight.
>>25189688Ofc. That's included, he even hated card games.
>>25189699Andrew Huberman is more famous.
>>25189615I only seek out books in the first place when I start to have some ideas and I think someone out there has explored them more deeply and thoroughly than I could. If I try to read a book and I'm not already going through a phase where I'm interested in its topic, I'm not going to read it.
