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Summarizing Schopenhauer in Under 600 Seconds

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Here's another documentary video clip on Schopenhauer, discussing his early disaffection from Christianity, and also some fun facts. For example, he always kept two statues in his study -- one of Kant, and the other of Buddha. Watch in YouTube. This clip also paraphrases some amusing quotes from Volume II of Schopenhauer's World as Will and Representation, highlighting  Continue Reading …

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