Here’s a nice little video, part of the “Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness” series, discussing Schopenhauer’s earnest but very unromantic theory of love, the point of which is to propagate the species (i.e. the will to life!).
Did you know that tall people are attracted to short people so that their children won’t turn out to be giant freaks? Schopenhauer says he knows this!
-Mark Linsenmayer
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