15 Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes On Morality

- 15 Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes On Morality
- Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher.
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Quotes
“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
“Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.”
“Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.”
“With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.”
“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.”
“To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.”
“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
“Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.”
“It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter–an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.”
If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence, or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in cold blood?”
Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!
“The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.”
“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.”
Consider the Koran... this wretched book was sufficient to start a world-religion, to satisfy the metaphysical need of countless millions for twelve hundred years, to become the basis of their morality and of a remarkable contempt for death, and also to inspire them to bloody wars and the most extensive conquests. In this book we find the saddest and poorest form of theism. Much may be lost in translation, but I have not been able to discover in it one single idea of value.
Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means to any ends whatsoever. They can therefore be used for vivisection, hunting, coursing, bullfights, and horse racing, and can be whipped to death as they struggle along with heavy carts of stone. Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!

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[AlisantedeChuveiro]

Schopenhauer... difficult name for me. I always have to search for it when I try to write it...

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[moisesferreira]

Me gusta mucho, pero tuve que usar el traductor de youtube.

[xfactorb]

The star spangled banner? .... just odd.