Contributors: Schopenhauer, Arthur and Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)

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The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims · Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition

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  1. THE ESSAYS OF ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#element-2
  2. Part COUNSELS AND MAXIMS. OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00002
  3. INTRODUCTION. OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00003
  4. CHAPTER I. — GENERAL RULES. OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00004
  5. Other SECTION 1. OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00005
  6. Other SECTION 2. To estimate a man's condition in regard to happiness, it is OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00006
  7. Other SECTION 3. Care should be taken not to build the happiness of life OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00007
  8. CHAPTER II. — OUR RELATION TO OURSELVES.— OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00008
  9. Other SECTION 4. OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00009
  10. Other SECTION 5. Another important element in the wise conduct of life is to OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00010
  11. Other SECTION 6. Limitations always make for happiness. We are happy in OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00011
  12. Other SECTION 7. Whether we are in a pleasant or a painful state depends, OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00012
  13. Other SECTION 8. To live a life that shall be entirely prudent and discreet, OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00013
  14. Other SECTION 9. To be self-sufficient, to be all in all to oneself, to OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00014
  15. Other SECTION 10. Envy is natural to man; and still, it is at once a vice OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00015
  16. Other SECTION 11. Give mature and repeated consideration to any plan before OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00016
  17. Other SECTION 12. OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00017
  18. Other SECTION 13. In all matters affecting our weal or woe, we should be OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00018
  19. Other SECTION 14. The sight of things which do not belong to us is very apt OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00019
  20. Other SECTION 15. The things which engage our attention—whether they are OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00020
  21. Other SECTION 16. We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires, OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-0.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00021
  22. SECTION 17. Life consists in movement, says Aristotle; and he is OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#element-3
  23. Other SECTION 18. A man should avoid being led on by the phantoms of his OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00023
  24. Other SECTION 19. The preceding rule may be taken as a special case of the OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00024
  25. Other SECTION 20. In the first part of this work I have insisted upon the OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00025
  26. CHAPTER III. — OUR RELATION TO OTHERS.— OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00026
  27. Other SECTION 22. It is astonishing how easily and how quickly similarity, OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00027
  28. Other SECTION 23. No man can see over his own height. Let me explain what OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00028
  29. Other SECTION 24. I feel respect for the man—and he is one in a OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00029
  30. Other SECTION 25. La Rochefoucauld makes the striking remark that it is OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00030
  31. Other SECTION 26. Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00031
  32. Other SECTION 27. When any wrong statement is made, whether in public or OEBPS/8617976776359916297_10715-h-1.htm.xhtml#pgepubid00032