Man is at bottom a savage, horrible beast. We know it, if we look at the origin of society.
Pessimist philosophy
Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. II, Chapter 12, 'On the Suffering of the World'
1851
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"Optimism is a truly wicked way of thinking."
Humorous"The only original philosophical thought is that life is not worth living."
Controversial"Man reaches the maturity of his reasoning and mental faculties scarcely before he is eight-and-twenty; woman when she is eighteen; but hers is reason of very narrow limitations."
Controversial"The fundamental error of all previous philosophy has been to regard man as a rational being."
Shocking"The present is the only reality and the only certainty."
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