Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. “How do you write a book?” Like most authors, I get this ...

Arthur Schopenhauer—the 19 th century German philosopher for whom human existence was a perpetually swinging “pendulum between suffering and boredom,” and the world itself a hell in which “human ...

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The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. —Arthur Schopenhauer In his masterwork, The World as Will and Representation (1818), which is heavily influenced ...

Although outside the realm of academic philosophy, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was nevertheless one of the most important philosophers of the 19th century, best known for his eastern influence and ...

Since I am not an optimist by disposition, the very thought of weddings stresses me out. Not mine – that isn’t happening any time soon, if at all. No. Other people’s. They are an obstacle course of ...

Finding time to read has never been an issue for me. I read different books at different levels — you don’t put the same effort into Harry Potter as you do Seneca. Reading is the best way to get ...