Parerga and Paralipomena
Paralipomena
by Arthur Schopenhauer · first published 1980
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on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗…Schopenhauer assumes one is familiar with not just all his previous work, but also all the thinkers influencing him, as well as Greek, Latin and several European languages (who wouldn't!!?). Despite, this his "Parerga and Paralipomena"[0] provides a very accessible glimpse into his ideas and the person (it has been translated into other languages too). Reading him (oddly) has also made Kant more accessible to me (something I thought…
on “The Wisdom of Surrender: Samuel Beckett and Quietism” ↗…time I get good at it I am almost ready to come up with my own model of how the world works. I still can't say I totally understand Kant. But the best introduction to Kant I had was by Schopenhauer's "Parerga and Paralipomena"[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parerga_and_Paralipomena
on “Untitled post about Kant, the concept of the universe and the dual to Laplace's” ↗"The highest civilization and culture, apart from the ancient Hindus and Egyptians, are found exclusively among the white races" - Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, "On Philosophy and Natural Science," §92, trans. Payne (p. 158-159). "[Judaism] is, therefore, the crudest and poorest of all religions and consists merely in an absurd and revolting theism."…
…Putting the effort needed into fully understanding him will be pure uphill struggle. This limits my understanding on Hegel to how Schopenhauer understood and interpreted him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parerga_and_Paralipomena
on “How Philosophers Think” ↗…so, then alongside that another dozen or two with varying levels of thoroughness. For example, I spent about two afternoons on Happy City, but it took me several months for just Vol 1 of Schopenhauer's Parerga and Paralipomena. Personally I've found over the years that this balance between reading a very small number of books closely and a whole lot casually has worked well and has led each set to complement the other. I'd…
on “Summer Reading List” ↗Arthur Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena, Volume 2, On Reading and Books, 295 - "Because people always read only the latest, instead of the best of all times, writers stay within a narrow circle of circulating ideas, and the age silts up ever…
on “Enjoy the Best, Not the Latest, Media” ↗…discovering Nietzsche. Very roughly speaking, Nietzsche = Schopenhauer + Emerson. These stratagems are classic though! [0] See The World as Will and Representation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parerga_and_Paralipomena
on “Schopenhauer's 38 Stratagems, or 38 Ways to Win an Argument” ↗if anyone is interested in diving deeper into his work this is a great place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parerga_and_Paralipomena ... I read him to better understand the viewpoints of other (for me hard to understand) Philosophers such as Hegel & Kant.
on “Arthur Schopenhauer on the Dangers of Clickbait” ↗This essay and "On Thinking for Oneself" are part of his book Parerga and Paralipomena.
on “Schopenhauer: On Noise” ↗