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Biography - Arthur Schopenhauer:

German philosopher.
Born: 1788 - Died: 1860
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Ethics is in truth the easiest of all sciences.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Die Ethik ist in Wahrheit die leichteste aller Wissenschaften.

French
A vrai dire, l'éthique est la plus facile des sciences.




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Quotes for: science


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Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.





The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.





Poetry is related to philosophy as experience is related to empirical science.





Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.





Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.





Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.











Quotes for: ethics


Quotes

Quotes about ethics:


Ethics and aesthetics are one and the same.





It is clear that ethics cannot be stated. Ethics is transcendental.





Ethics is the aesthetics of the inside.





Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.





I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values.





An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.







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Arthur Schopenhauer also said...


Fate shuffles the cards and we play.





Change alone is the constant.





Poetry is related to philosophy as experience is related to empirical science.





The philosopher should never forget that he is cultivating an art and not a science.





For our improvement we need a mirror.





A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.












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