Quote of Arthur Schopenhauer - Nature shows that with the growth...
Biography - Arthur Schopenhauer:
German philosopher.
Born: 1788 - Died: 1860
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1788 - Died: 1860
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.
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Quotes about nature:
Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
Quotes about intelligence:
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Quotes for: pain
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
I have only one passion, that for light, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and which has the right to happiness.
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
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