The Double is another intriguing study of human nature a mans suffering in a meaningless world, a man trying to matter. Set in the 19th century St. Petersburg, we are following a chaotic narration of an allegedly outside storyteller, who nevertheless seems to suspiciously “see” into the internal thoughts of the person they are telling [...]
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Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
Human condition is inherently tragic No rose without a thorn. But many a thorn without a rose. Arthur Schopenhauer is the gloomiest of them all, and yet at the very same time, the most consoling. If a reader accepts his offering, it should calibrate their expectations for life to a manageable level, and this may [...]
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