Eric F. J. Payne, in his introduction to his 1958 translation of The World as Will and Representation
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We are struck by the psychological force and even fierceness with which he reveals the deepest recesses of the human heart.
— Eric F. J. Payne
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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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