Arthur Schopenhauer, The Art of Controversy
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If education or warning were of any avail, how could Seneca's pupil be a Nero?
— Arthur Schopenhauer on Education
What It Means
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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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