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Arthur Schopenhauer

5 essays where Arthur Schopenhauer sits on the council. Arthur weighs in on ambition, contentment, attachment. Read what Arthur would tell you.

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Ethics

When Is It Right to Want More Than You Have?

Three thinkers on desire and enough. Schopenhauer says desire is suffering in disguise. Maslow says you cannot stop yourself. Wollstonecraft says wanting more is a political act.

Arthur SchopenhauerAbraham MaslowMary Wollstonecraftambitioncontentment

Relationships

Why Do I Push People Away?

Three thinkers on why you push people away. Winnicott says the hiding hopes to be found. Schopenhauer says closeness has costs. Rilke says love the distance.

D.W. WinnicottArthur SchopenhauerRainer Maria RilkeAttachmentBoundariesSolitude

Ethics

What Do You Do When Doing the Right Thing Would Cost You Everything?

Three thinkers on moral cost and conscience. Kierkegaard says anxiety is freedom's price. Schopenhauer says examine what you're protecting. Tolstoy says your conscience already knows.

Soren KierkegaardArthur SchopenhauerLeo TolstoyIntegritySacrificeConscience

Relationships

How Do You Know If You're in Love or Just Attached?

Three thinkers on love versus attachment. Girard asks if desire spiked when threatened. Austen asks if you see them clearly. Schopenhauer says nature is partly responsible.

Rene GirardJane AustenArthur SchopenhauerAttachmentDesireSelf-Knowledge

Career

Am I Staying for the Wrong Reasons?

Three thinkers on staying in a job out of fear. Tolstoy asks if the life you're winning is worth living. Epictetus asks what's in your power. Schopenhauer asks what you're really chasing.

Leo TolstoyEpictetusArthur SchopenhauerPurposeCourageChange

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Abraham Maslow D.W. Winnicott Epictetus Jane Austen Leo Tolstoy Mary Wollstonecraft Rainer Maria Rilke Rene Girard Soren Kierkegaard Attachment Boundaries Change Conscience Courage Desire Integrity Purpose Sacrifice Self-Knowledge Solitude ambition contentment

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