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The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

The speaker suggested that someone should read "Schopenhauer" because it presents a logical argument against suicide.

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You have to read You have to read Schopenhauer. Yeah, he lays out a cogent argument against killing yourself He's like obviously it's a rational solution to all your problems because you're not doing...

— Episode: Ep 441 - B.L.A.D.E.Z. (feat. Chris O'Con...

Episode: Ep 441 - B.L.A.D.E.Z. (feat. Chris O'Connor & Tomm...

The speaker suggested that someone should read "Schopenhauer" because it presents a logical argument against suicide.

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You have to read You have to read Schopenhauer. Yeah, he lays out a cogent argument against killing yourself He's like obviously it's a rational solution to all your problems because you're not doing it's not doing anything

Philosophize This!

This book was mentioned as the source of a quote about marriage, which described it as grasping blindly into a sack of snakes hoping to find an eel, highlighting the often-mismatched nature of pairings driven by the will to propagate the species.

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a girl who rejects the proposal of a wealthy man and not an old man against her parents' convenience, according to her instinctive inclination, sacrifices her individual welfare to that of the species...

— Episode: Episode #098 ... Schopenhauer pt. 1 - Me...

Episode: Episode #098 ... Schopenhauer pt. 1 - Metaphysics...

This book was mentioned as the source of a quote about marriage, which described it as grasping blindly into a sack of snakes hoping to find an eel, highlighting the often-mismatched nature of pairings driven by the will to propagate the species.

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a girl who rejects the proposal of a wealthy man and not an old man against her parents' convenience, according to her instinctive inclination, sacrifices her individual welfare to that of the species. But on this very account, we cannot withhold a certain approbation for she has preferred what is more important and has acted in the spirit of nature. Whereas the parents advised her in the spirit of individual egoism. In consequence of all this, it seems as if in making a marriage, either the individual or the interest of the species must come off badly. Often this must be the case for that convenience and passionate love should go hand in hand is the rarest stroke of good fortune.

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