/staff avatar Quotation added by staff

Why not add this quote to your bookmarks?


Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.   Schopenhauer, Arthur

This quote is about genius · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


A bit about Schopenhauer, Arthur ...

Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 September 21, 1860) was a German philosopher. He is most famous for his work The World as Will and Representation. He is commonly known for having espoused a sort of philosophical pessimism that saw life as being essentially evil, futile, and full of suffering. However, upon closer inspection, in accordance with Eastern thought, especially that of Buddhism, he saw salvation, deliverance, or escape from suffering in aesthetic contemplation, sympathy for others, and ascetic living. His ideas profoundly influenced the fields of philosophy, psychology, and literature.

These people bookmarked this quote:

  • Nobody has bookmarked this quote yet.

More on the author

This quote around the web

Loading...

 

Search Quotations Book