The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims

“For the more a man has in himself, the less he will want from other people,—the less, indeed, other people can be to him. This is why a high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial. True” Arthur Schopenhauer Do you think that usual goals in life such as money, fame, pride, social position, and material and physical pleasures bring actual pleasure in life?If your answer is no and you are interested in development of one's inner mind and a strong and healthy body, this book is right for you.This abridged version brought together both essays of Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims. It explores the thoughts behind Arthur Schopenhauer’s more realistic and pessimistic worldview.In these essays, Arthur Schopenhauer begins with the assumption that individual’s life will be fundamentally painful and miserable, then he considers how to arrange our lives to gain the maximum amount of enjoyment and success. In fact, he offers thoughts about how we can enhance pleasure for ourselves during our brief time on this earth. In author’s opinion, a great life should always reach beyond itself to a higher plane. About the Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860) was a German artist philosopher. He was one of the first scholars in Western philosophy to share and state major thoughts of Indian philosophy, such as asceticism, self-denial, and the concept of the world-as-appearance. His work is also known as the philosophical pessimism, as he expresses a world-outlook that challenges the value of beings.