Arthur Schopenhauer, Parerga und paralipomena (1851)
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How shall a man be proud, when his conception is a crime, his birth a penalty, his life a labour, and death a necessity!
— Arthur Schopenhauer on Antinatalism
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About Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher, most famous for his work The World as Will and Representation (1819).
About Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher, most famous for his work The World as Will and Representation (1819).
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